LESSON 10 P1 --- Ladies Park – a Shameless;

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Rawalpindi's only exclusive park for women, "Fatima Park", in Satellite Town, B-Block is facing administrative and financial crisis. The park is turning into a jungle.
The park, which was a playground, was turned into an exclusive park for women in 1992. Commonly known as Ladies Park, it was visited by women from the adjoining areas of Banni, Rehmanabad, Affendi Colony and Shamsabad in the morning and evenings.
"In the beginning, the park was looked after, but then nothing was done," said a woman when she was interviewed by a journalist.
There was a hall for exercise. It had equipment for exercises, but now all equipment is gone. No one uses the hall because there is nothing left now," said another woman who had joined another club for exercise. The club is quite far from her house. Both these women and many others blamed the municipal authorities for the negligence of the park and the exercises hall. This was the only facility for the women in that locality. They demanded its restoration with all the facilities.
(From DAWN, September 21, 1999)
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EXERCISES

Q:1 Answer these question.

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i) What is the name of the park?
Ans: The name of park is "Fatima Park".
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ii) Where it is located?
Ans: It is located in 'Satellite Town, B-Block Rawalpindi.
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iii) What has happened to this park?
Ans: This park is changing into a jungle.
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i) What was the park like in 1992?
Ans: It was exclusive part for ladies in 1992.
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ii) When and from which adjoining areas was the Park visited by the ladies?
Ans: It was visited by women from the adjoining areas of Banni, Rehmanabad, Affendi Colony and Shamsabad in the mornings and evenings.
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iii) What did the women do in the hall and what was available for them in it?
Ans: There was hall for exercise. It had equipment for taking exercise.
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iv) Who was blamed for this negligence by the women?
Ans: Women blamed municipal authorities for this negligence.

Q:2 Write 'T' for true statement and 'F' for false statement.
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i) Fatima Park is not for women. - F
ii) It is neglected due to financial crises. - T
iii) The women of adjoining areas visited the park. - T
iv) There was no hall for exercise. - F
v) There were many facilities for the women. - F
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Q:3 Choose the correct answer.
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i) Fatima Park is situated in
(a) Satellite Town (b) Islamabad (c) Liaqatabad (d) Margala
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ii) In 1992 the park was made exclusively a
(a) Joyland (b) play land (c) exercise place (d) ladies park
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iii) The park had
(a) a guard (b) a fence (c) equipment for exercise (d) mango trees
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Q:4 Rewrite the news by substituting the underline words with other suitable words to make it meaningful.
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Example"
"Rawalpindi's only exclusive Adult School for women ……..('Park' is replaced by 'Adult School')
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You can use 'hospital', 'dispensary', 'sewing center', boutique' in place of 'park'……
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Ans: Rawalpindi's only exclusive dispensary for women, "Fatima Dispensary", in Satellite Town, B-Block is facing administrative and financial crisis. The dispensary is turning into a ruin.
The dispensary which was a school was turned into an exclusive health care area for women in1992. Commonly known as Ladies health centre. It was visited by women from the adjoining areas of Banni, Rehmanabad, Affendi Colony and Shamsabad in the mornings and evening.
"In the first couple of weeks, the dispensary was looked after but then nothing was done", said a woman when she was interviewed by a journalist…