The influx of professional beggars arriving from different cities in Peshawar has started employing different techniques to get maximum charity and alms that often annoy buyers in Ramazan. With less than a week left in Eidul Fitr celebrations, the professional and unprofessional beggars from different cities of KP and Punjab province thronged the city’s markets and shopping arcades to secure maximum alms and charities by adopting irritating techniques, which are annoying Eid shoppers.
“I came from Attock to Peshawar to secure maximum charity and alms in the last days of Ramazan;” said Rehmat Shah, a street beggar while talking to APP at Qissa Khwani. He said that people of all faiths and communities were living in Peshawar that helped the beggars to collect maximum charity in Ramazan. Inspite of begging has been declared illegal under the country’s laws, the beggars’ influx including male, female, children and persons with disabilities are being witnessed in the jam-packed crossing points, mosques’ gates and mostly frequented public places and food outlets in the city and cantonment areas mostly before Iftar.
These days, Hashtnagri, Gantagar, Firdus, Nothia, Tehkal, Gulbahar, Faqirabad, Meena Bazaar, Karimpura, Shafi Market, Saddar Road, University Town, City Tower, Jawad Tower and Deans Trade Centre are flooded with beggars. They have occupied key points in front of shopping malls, mosques, road signals, bus terminals, railway stations, traffic squares and streets.—APP
