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The Islamabad airport's false ceiling is collapsing and Twitter can't stop with the jokes

The Islamabad airport's false ceiling is collapsing and Twitter can't stop with the jokes

What else can you do when a Rs150b airport can't withstand rain?
20 Jul, 2021

If you thought Karachi rain was bad, wait till you hear about Islamabad and its brand new airport. Sections of the false ceiling at the airport collapsed on Monday after heavy rainfall in the twin cities.

The rainwater poured down from the ceilings above several counters, including immigration, and caused computers and other equipment to malfunction.

CAA staff stood by helplessly as parts of the ceiling came crashing down due to the weight of water.

This isn't even the first time the airport has suffered rain damage. A major portion of the false ceiling at the airport’s international departure and concourse hall collapsed during a downpour in August 2020.

Twitter had a field day with the collapsing ceiling and jokes began pouring in.

Singapore? No, no, this is Islamabad.

Karachi would like some water too.

Whoops.

Maybe it's a horror story.

ASMR: Islamabad style.

Why fix it when you have a bucket?

People thanked the Frontier Works Organisation for the free fountains.

And praised the airport for having free showers.

The airport was completed in May 2018 at a cost of Rs105 billion. It has two runways — each 12,000 feet long and 150 feet wide, taxiways and aprons for wide-body aircraft. It's no wonder people are annoyed — that's a lot of money to spend for ceilings that collapse every time it rains. An inquiry has been ordered into the incident and we hope something is done because this is quite embarrassing.

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Fastrack Jul 20, 2021 11:06am
Corruption had touched disastrous levels during the times of PMLN/PPP regimes.
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JustBecause Jul 20, 2021 11:19am
Someone should definitely highlight who was governing the country while the airport was approved and built! Nawaz league perhaps?
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NSG Jul 20, 2021 11:23am
Made in China?
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Trader JJ Jul 20, 2021 11:25am
World class.
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Syed Ghazanfar Abbas Jul 20, 2021 11:26am
Investigate and you will find the contractors and their relatives involved in this scam. Main contractor is also in the UK with the superman.
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Bilawal Butto Zardari Jul 20, 2021 11:34am
Jab Barish ata hay to pani ata hay. Jab ziyada Barish ata hay to ziyada pani ata hay..
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Justice Jul 20, 2021 11:43am
Hilarious !!
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Justice Jul 20, 2021 11:46am
Now I feel PIA flights are more secure than the Islamabad Airport.
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Badtameez Kudi Jul 20, 2021 12:32pm
Maryam Nawaz's daughter is married to the son of the contractor who built the new Islamabad Airport.
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Dean Jul 20, 2021 02:13pm
Thank you Shariff Family for another mess!!
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Ali Jul 20, 2021 03:57pm
FWO on works.
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Ali Jul 20, 2021 04:00pm
Silly ppl. It’s a 150b airport not false ceiling. What does a prime minister have to do with that.... It’s time we mature abit now.
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Bilawal Butto Zardari Jul 20, 2021 05:13pm
@NSG Made by Sharif and brothers Pvt ltd
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Aslam Khan USA Jul 20, 2021 06:05pm
What shame! Mother of all corruption by PPP & PMLN. Didn't leave even a Airport alone the most visible.
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AHAQ Jul 20, 2021 06:12pm
Shame on Nawaz Sharif and Zardari governments who made billions in kick backs on this project with a low quality work in the end.
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Amir Jul 20, 2021 07:34pm
@NSG Why blame China? Why not blame the local contractor and his political backers and partners?
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Mushtaque Ahmed Jul 20, 2021 08:48pm
Ode to the project engineer who approved the false ceiling works! This has happened second time. First time when the project was just completed. Too stubborn to learn! It will pour again.
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RationalBabu Jul 21, 2021 02:05am
Nobody thought about switching the power off with water running down the light fittings?
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amer Jul 21, 2021 02:27am
@NSG Made in PML-N
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Suqlain Jul 21, 2021 08:55pm
This is no laughing or joking matter. Its could be indicative of serious potential structural safety issues. Water pouring through like this needs a detailed investigations. If it is penetrating through the structural concrete roof slab, then reinforcement corrosion and roof collapse could be a disaster waiting to happen....or it could be blocked rainwater drainage pipe issue then minor in terms of public safety? I just hope its not left to the 'politicians and their cronies' to investigate, as it was left to politician's appointees with limited structural engineering expertise to project manage during construction.
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Khanm Jul 22, 2021 09:29am
What an irony ...we see the ceiling crumbling down and make jokes about it...but the latent destruction of the country ...no one sees ...A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.
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Fareed Jul 22, 2021 12:57pm
PTI even don’t have enough funds to clean blocked roof water drains. There is a word called maintenance.
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