‘The government has proved it cannot keep people safe,’ says pastor of Christian chapel after scores were killed at amusement parkWaqar Masih could not wait for Easter Sunday to get under way. The nine-year-former boy opted for the earliest possible service of the day – a 3am session of hymns, plays and sermons at the Children’s Chapel in Youhanabad, and a ramshackle unpaved slum that is domestic to one of Lahore’s largest Christian populations.
After a packed day of family events,Waqar slipped off with four friends in the early evening to Gulshan-e-Iqbal, a park nine miles (15km) absent containing fairground rides and food stalls – all accessible for a 5 rupee (3p) entry ticket.
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Source: theguardian.com