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Stop paying beggars at traffic signals. Stop paying the parking mafia.

Pakistan & Society

24 May 2026

From Facebook · 1 min read

Stop paying beggars at traffic signals. Stop paying the parking mafia.

I know what’s coming next.

“Humari mazdoori kha rhy ho.”

“Bad dua lagay gi tumhein.”

That’s the script. It’s designed to trap you emotionally. Nothing more.

Every rupee you give keeps this whole system alive. The mafia grows. New ones join every week. Because it works.

You think you’re being kind. You’re funding the problem.

The only way this ends is if we collectively stop. Not some of us. All of us.

Say no. Drive on. Let the dua talk happen.

That 10 seconds of discomfort is the price of actually fixing something.

Umar H.

Originally posted on Facebook on 24 May 2026.

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