Pakistani celebrities Mahira Khan and Sajal Ali have voiced deep sorrow and anger after the tragic death of a three-year-old boy who fell into an open manhole near Karachi’s Nipa flyover. The incident has once again highlighted the alarming state of civic negligence in Pakistan’s largest city.
The child, Ibrahim, reportedly slipped away from his father while the family was leaving a departmental store. Within moments, he ran ahead and fell into an uncovered manhole. After an exhausting 14-hour search, rescue teams recovered his body nearly one kilometre away in a drainage channel.
Locals revealed that they made more than 40 calls and emails to various authorities throughout the night, yet only a single BRT engineer showed up while municipal bodies blamed each other instead of taking responsibility. Residents later protested at Nipa Chowrangi, burning tyres and warning that the 1.5-kilometre stretch dug up during the rescue now poses an additional risk to the public.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Mahira Khan expressed heartbreak over the mother’s cries, questioning, “Who is accountable for Karachi? How long will this apathy continue?”
Sajal Ali also condemned the tragedy, stating she was “extremely sad and heartbroken,” calling the incident a shameful reflection of the system’s failures.
Their reactions echo growing public outrage demanding clarity, accountability, and urgent reforms in Karachi’s collapsing civic structure.
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