<p>Islamabad airport frequents remember a bucket lying in the centre of the floor. This bucket was used to collect water pouring from the ceiling during the rainy days. However, a different year calls for different scenery.</p>

<p>Everybody was shocked, but not surprised when on Monday sections of the false ceiling started leaking in Islamabad's brand new airport.</p>

<p>When heavy rainfall hit the twin cities, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, rainwater entered the Islamabad International Airport which led to the collapse of some sections of the false ceiling.</p>

<p>The airport staff was seen standing helplessly as rainwater started pouring down on the immigration counter, among other places. Several electric equipments malfunctioned due to the water.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Islamabad Airport in the Monsoon.... FWO our Proud 😐 <a href="https://t.co/3Il3KiGpc9">pic.twitter.com/3Il3KiGpc9</a></p>
— Khurram Qureshi (@qureshik74) <a href="https://twitter.com/qureshik74/status/1417079095758839811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<p>While the authorities claimed the ceiling was being repaired and the operations had not been affected, Twitter audience applauded the Islamabad airport authorities for providing the experience of an 'indoor shower'.</p>

<p>Here are some of the best reactions:</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Alr the ones living in isl think they are in Newyork, great now they have niagra falls too 🤷🏻‍♀️</p>
— Aynnaa (@lunarrbxbyy) <a href="https://twitter.com/lunarrbxbyy/status/1417094176198565894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">This is beautiful. Shower installed at Islamabad Airport to counter heat. <a href="https://t.co/lcGkJrR39U">https://t.co/lcGkJrR39U</a></p>
— Daniyal Ahmed 🇵🇸 (@daniyalahmed24) <a href="https://twitter.com/daniyalahmed24/status/1417095148048105474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="hi">Itna paani Karachi mein peenay ke liye Nahin hai jitna Islamabad airport ke andar girta hai</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Islamabad airport is quite new. Guess they still haven't finished the roof. <a href="https://t.co/jgDoT6He1p">https://t.co/jgDoT6He1p</a></p>
— Rupert Stone (@RupertStone83) <a href="https://twitter.com/RupertStone83/status/1417124616871501827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Thank you FWO for installing waterfalls and fountains in New Islamabad International Airport. <a href="https://t.co/PkZuO6yLkL">https://t.co/PkZuO6yLkL</a></p>
— Umar Hashmi (@OccupiedKapwara) <a href="https://twitter.com/OccupiedKapwara/status/1417050503863754761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<p>Turns out this is not a new thing. A huge portion of the false ceiling had collapsed earlier in August 2020, which many visitors said was a usual thing for Islamabad airport now.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The first sight at the newly Islamabad airport a few years for me was a bucket in the middle of the way collecting water from a leaking roof. Guess it was never entirely fixed <a href="https://t.co/fWt0wlMAYy">https://t.co/fWt0wlMAYy</a></p>
— Faseeh Mangi (@FaseehMangi) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaseehMangi/status/1417080923439390723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Islamabad airport frequents remember a bucket lying in the centre of the floor. This bucket was used to collect water pouring from the ceiling during the rainy days.

Islamabad airport frequents remember a bucket lying in the centre of the floor. This bucket was used to collect water pouring from the ceiling during the rainy days. However, a different year calls for different scenery. Everybody was shocked, but not surprised when on Monday sections of the false ceiling started leaking in Islamabad's brand new airport. When heavy rainfall hit the twin cities, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, rainwater entered the Islamabad International Airport which led to the collapse of some sections of the false ceiling. The airport staff was seen standing helplessly as rainwater started pouring down on the immigration counter, among other places. Several electric equipments malfunctioned due to the water. Islamabad Airport in the Monsoon.... FWO our Proud 😐 pic.twitter.com/3Il3KiGpc9 — Khurram Qureshi (@qureshik74) July 19, 2021 × While the authorities claimed the ceiling was being repaired and the operations had not been affected, Twitter audience applauded the Islamabad airport authorities for providing the experience of an 'indoor shower'. Here are some of the best reactions: Alr the ones living in isl think they are in Newyork, great now they have niagra falls too 🤷🏻‍♀️ — Aynnaa (@lunarrbxbyy) July 19, 2021 × This is beautiful. Shower installed at Islamabad Airport to counter heat. https://t.co/lcGkJrR39U — Daniyal Ahmed 🇵🇸 (@daniyalahmed24) July 19, 2021 × Itna paani Karachi mein peenay ke liye Nahin hai jitna Islamabad airport ke andar girta hai — Arhum (@arhuml92) July 19, 2021 × Islamabad airport is quite new. Guess they still haven't finished the roof. https://t.co/jgDoT6He1p — Rupert Stone (@RupertStone83) July 19, 2021 × Thank you FWO for installing waterfalls and fountains in New Islamabad International Airport. https://t.co/PkZuO6yLkL — Umar Hashmi (@OccupiedKapwara) July 19, 2021 × Turns out this is not a new thing. A huge portion of the false ceiling had collapsed earlier in August 2020, which many visitors said was a usual thing for Islamabad airport now. The first sight at the newly Islamabad airport a few years for me was a bucket in the middle of the way collecting water from a leaking roof. Guess it was never entirely fixed https://t.co/fWt0wlMAYy — Faseeh Mangi (@FaseehMangi) July 19, 2021 ×

Real-life waterfall? Twitter laughs after Islamabad airport's false ceiling collapses again

<p>You get what you pay for. Its a commonly used phrase for Chinese products. Most of us are aware of the stellar quality of Chinese products. But Pakistan is not most of us. It is the 'all-weather' ally of China. So Pakistan let china build an airport. &nbsp;The Islamabad International Airport which has been operating since 2018.</p>

<p>The construction of this airport was undertaken by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation. One of the largest state-owned construction companies in China. It took $ 2.6 billion and gave Pakistan one of its largest and most advanced airports.</p>

<p>This airport's terminal has 15 gates. Duty-free shops, air malls, food court, business centre, cinema, 42 immigration counters and now it has a leaking roof. An entire section of the ceiling at this airport has collapsed.</p>

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<p>This was a result of incessant rains and of course Chinese manufacturing. &nbsp;What's worse is that this happened on the 14th of August, independence day of Pakistan. And rainwater is still seeping through the damaged roof of the airport. According to the airport authorities, there's heavy leakage at various points now. Numerous pieces of the false ceiling have collapsed in the last 3 days. The officials are struggling to flush the water out. The 'all-weather' China-Pakistan friendship seems to have failed the test of monsoon.</p>

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<p>Meanwhile, Pakistan is trying hard to fix its ties with Saudi Arabia. The Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has landed in Riyadh. Accompanying him is general Faiz Hameed, the head of ISI, Pakistan's rogue spy agency. According to Pakistan media reports, Bajwa's visit is primarily 'military affairs oriented'...</p>

<p>Bajwa's visit is only aimed at fixing the ruining relationship between the two countries. He's there to calm things down. Saudi Arabia has already forced Pakistan to pay back 1 billion dollars. Now it is demanding another billion dollars from the 3.2 billion loans Islamabad borrowed. Things don't look good. Both for Pakistan-Saudi ties. And for the man responsible for ruining to some extend them is Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the motor-mouth foreign minister of Pakistan.</p>

<p>Qureshi had openly threatened Saudi Arabia in a TV interview and reprimanded the Organisation of Islamic Countries for apparently dragging its feet on Kashmir. Qureshi's activism has led him to the brink of an ouster. There are unconfirmed reports that shah Mahmood Qureshi may lose his post as the Pakistan foreign minister. Islamabad is likely to sacrifice this leader in its attempts to mend damaged relations with Riyadh. Who are they going to replace him with?. So far -- Shireen Mazari -- the human rights minister of Pakistan is said to be the top choice. But nothing is confirmed yet. A leaking roof at an international airport. An army chief hiding in Saudi Arabia. A foreign minister is likely to be thrown under the bus.</p>

<p>It is going to be a rough week for Pakistan.</p>


You get what you pay for. Its a commonly used phrase for Chinese products. Most of us are aware of the stellar quality of Chinese products. But Pakistan is not most of us.

You get what you pay for. Its a commonly used phrase for Chinese products. Most of us are aware of the stellar quality of Chinese products. But Pakistan is not most of us. It is the 'all-weather' ally of China. So Pakistan let china build an airport. The Islamabad International Airport which has been operating since 2018. The construction of this airport was undertaken by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation. One of the largest state-owned construction companies in China. It took $ 2.6 billion and gave Pakistan one of its largest and most advanced airports. This airport's terminal has 15 gates. Duty-free shops, air malls, food court, business centre, cinema, 42 immigration counters and now it has a leaking roof. An entire section of the ceiling at this airport has collapsed. This was a result of incessant rains and of course Chinese manufacturing. What's worse is that this happened on the 14th of August, independence day of Pakistan. And rainwater is still seeping through the damaged roof of the airport. According to the airport authorities, there's heavy leakage at various points now. Numerous pieces of the false ceiling have collapsed in the last 3 days. The officials are struggling to flush the water out. The 'all-weather' China-Pakistan friendship seems to have failed the test of monsoon. Meanwhile, Pakistan is trying hard to fix its ties with Saudi Arabia. The Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has landed in Riyadh. Accompanying him is general Faiz Hameed, the head of ISI, Pakistan's rogue spy agency. According to Pakistan media reports, Bajwa's visit is primarily 'military affairs oriented'... Bajwa's visit is only aimed at fixing the ruining relationship between the two countries. He's there to calm things down. Saudi Arabia has already forced Pakistan to pay back 1 billion dollars. Now it is demanding another billion dollars from the 3.2 billion loans Islamabad borrowed. Things don't look good. Both for Pakistan-Saudi ties. And for the man responsible for ruining to some extend them is Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the motor-mouth foreign minister of Pakistan. Qureshi had openly threatened Saudi Arabia in a TV interview and reprimanded the Organisation of Islamic Countries for apparently dragging its feet on Kashmir. Qureshi's activism has led him to the brink of an ouster. There are unconfirmed reports that shah Mahmood Qureshi may lose his post as the Pakistan foreign minister. Islamabad is likely to sacrifice this leader in its attempts to mend damaged relations with Riyadh. Who are they going to replace him with?. So far -- Shireen Mazari -- the human rights minister of Pakistan is said to be the top choice. But nothing is confirmed yet. A leaking roof at an international airport. An army chief hiding in Saudi Arabia. A foreign minister is likely to be thrown under the bus. It is going to be a rough week for Pakistan.

'All-weather' China-Pakistan friendship fails the test of monsoon

The situation of the newly constructed Islamabad International Airport (IIAP) has shocked many as portions of the airport’s departure lounge have collapsed due to rainfall.

Part of ceiling falls amid heavy rains of Islamabad airport