Even Cynthia D. Ritchie agrees with Mehwish Hayat about our airport bathrooms

"The authorities need to ensure all Pakistani airports are clean and in proper working order," she said.

Updated 31 Jan, 2020

Mehwish Hayat's tweet about the bathrooms at Jinnah International Airport struck a chord with many.

People responded with their own terrible experiences and one of them happened to be self-proclaimed filmmaker/writer, Cynthia D Ritchie, who mentioned having the same issue at Islamabad International Airport as well.

"Agree with Mehwish," writes Cynthia. "I just returned from Karachi Airport - it was dirty. But so was Islamabad with broken washroom fixtures."

"The authorities need to ensure all Pakistani airports are clean and in proper working order, and in consideration for local and international tourists!"

Mehwish Hayat quickly responded, saying, "I think that the ladies’ room facilities at our airports are outdated and in very bad condition. In all honesty, they need to be renovated and brought up to date."

She added, "This is the first impression many people will have of our beautiful country - lets make it a good one!"

Comments

Pak-uk Jan 31, 2020 03:20pm

I am happy ladies like mehwish and shinera Akram are out there to highlight these.. their opinion definitely will have influence.

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ron Jan 31, 2020 03:38pm

@Pak-uk Well, our government needs this immediately if they also have to promote tourism. Look at what airport Turkey has built recently.

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Rashid Jan 31, 2020 07:35pm

We have a couple of bathrooms for each " floor " of high rise office buildings in USA but always Sooper clean. On the contrary, each office with its own bathroom and even that's not usable in Karachi office buildings. Agree?

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HashBrown® Jan 31, 2020 08:00pm

"People responded with their own terrible experiences and one of them happened to be self-proclaimed filmmaker/writer, Cynthia D Ritchie, who mentioned having the same issue at Islamabad International Airport as well." So many people (presumably Pakistani) responded with their own experiences, but you chose to publish only the view of white American Cynthia Ritchie. And then you spend the rest of your time lecturing others for having a gorah complex?

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kash Jan 31, 2020 10:29pm

Yup, Islamabad airport toilets are in poor state. The grouting is poor, fixtures and fittings broken

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Zoe Jan 31, 2020 10:36pm

Washrooms r very dirty throughout Pakistan. This is the reason I hate tavelling.. But I think people should learn something too. They don't even bother to flush the toilet. I wonder if they do the same in their homes.

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Anon Feb 01, 2020 05:27pm

Good comment without being offensive.

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AbdulHaque Shaikh Feb 02, 2020 01:36am

Thank you Mehwish and Cynthia.

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