People used to come here for a walk but there was no path, I used to see people and it was very painful, then I thought to make a path and people will pray: Ali Yawar — Photo: Screen Grab
People used to come here for a walk but there was no path, I used to see people and it was very painful, then I thought to make a path and people will pray: Ali Yawar — Photo: Screen Grab

Setting a high example of courage and passion in Quetta, a senior citizen, Ali Yawar, cut a mountain and made a jogging track for jogging enthusiasts.

Ali Yawar, a resident of Marriabad area of ​​Quetta, with a white beard on a wrinkled face and bruises on his hands, undertook to build a jogging track in a mountain in his area. More than three kilometers of tracks were built during the year.

By working for many hours a day, he made a track of more than three kilometers in a period of three and a half years: Ali Yawar - Photo: Screengrab
By working for many hours a day, he made a track of more than three kilometers in a period of three and a half years: Ali Yawar – Photo: Screengrab

Ali Yawar, who was involved in the mining profession in the past, says that his hands bled and blistered several times during the three and a half years of work, but he did not give up and continued his work.

He said that people used to come here for a walk but there was no path, I used to see people and it was very painful, then I thought that if I make a path, people will pray.

Several times his hands bled and blistered but he did not give up and continued his work: Ali Yawar - Photo: Screen Grab
Several times his hands bled and blistered but he did not give up and continued his work: Ali Yawar – Photo: Screen Grab

He said that first he made the lower road, after its completion he started the work at the foot of the mountains and there too he made a road of three kilometers or a little more.

Elderly citizen Ali Yawar said that the difficulties were many, sometimes I used to leave the stone because my hands were bleeding, cried and prayed to Allah to grant me Tawfiq so that I could make a way.

First made the lower route, after its completion started the work at the foot of the mountains and there also made three kilometers or a little more: Ali Yawar - Photo: ScribGrab
First made the lower route, after its completion started the work at the foot of the mountains and there also made three kilometers or a little more: Ali Yawar – Photo: ScribGrab

This brave and high-spirited citizen of Quetta, Ali Yawar, is unemployed due to old age, but seeing his passion, it seems that his youth has returned.