In a bizarre incident, a Karachi female panhandler approached a court of law over a territorial dispute involving three other beggars, however, the court dismissed the petition.
The petitioner, ironically named Ameer Khatoon, informed the court that she regularly begged for alms on a footpath in Saudabad, Karachi. However, her spot was contested by three other beggars—Shafi, Nazeer, and Meer Gul—who had recently claimed the same location, thereby reducing her daily earnings.
Despite Ameer Khatoon’s attempts to negotiate with the new beggars, they refused to vacate the spot. When she sought assistance from the police regarding harassment, they declined to register her complaint.
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As a final recourse, she approached the Karachi Session Court, seeking an order to bar the other beggars from working at her spot. However, on Friday, the court ruled that while it empathized with the plight of those compelled to beg for their livelihoods, it could not intervene in her petition.
The court acknowledged the petitioner’s feelings but asserted that no beggar could reserve specific spots for themselves in the city.
