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Muhammad Farooq, 24 years
Karachi, PakistanMuhammad is an MBA student majoring in finance.
He is from Karachi, Pakistan.
I had visited Naran valley in the northern part of the country in 2004 and was amazed at its scenic beauty with its snow capped mountains on the horizon and lush green trees adorning the sky line. Then came the tragedy of the earthquake in 2005 - luckily my parents and siblings had returned from there mere 3 days prior to the desaster. Now, as my friend and my uncle also had the privilege of visiting that part of the country a few months back, the place had changed tremendously, which became apparent when comparing their photos to my ones.
The place which I had visited around 4.5 years ago and my parents 3 years ago, respectively, now looked rather dull in comparison to before. In the mountains in the Kaghan valley, so villagers of this area said, the mountain ridge glacier had retreated after the earthquake and some portion of it had fallen into Lake Saif Ul Mulk. This endangered lives due to the ever increasing water level of the Kunhar river land lead to a decrease in its trout population. For the inhabitants of the area trout farming was the main viable source of income for their families. Now the melting of the glacier had made journey to the lake thronged with risk.
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