The new year brings yet another sad news. It seems that aerial firing has become a part of our traditions. Be it the independence day, a wedding or the new year’s eve, our people only know one way to celebrate these occasions. And that is by disturbing\/hurting others.<\/p>\n
Fire crackers weren’t enough so we upgraded our game and now openly fire gunshots to celebrate happiness. However, we do not realize that it can endanger hundreds of lives.<\/p>\n
In the name of celebration, firing gunshots has become a trend, or even worse, a habit. Every year, the number of people injured in firing incidents grows, yet people choose to remain ignorant and do not learn the lesson.<\/p>\n
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Pakistani Man Caught Stealing \u00a31,000 of Perfumes in UK<\/a><\/p>\n This year, almost 14 people were injured in Karachi due to the ‘celebratory’ aerial firing on New Year’s Eve.<\/p>\n According to authorities, the injured also include three women and a young girl. The injured were reported from different areas of Karachi including Saddar, Lines Area, Orangi Town, Pirabad, Defence Phase 7, FC Area, Baldia Town, Gulburg, Clifton and Federal B Area.<\/p>\n Reports of firing incidents were also received from Yousaf Plaza, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Buffer Zone areas. The injured were rushed to Jinnah, Civil and Abbasi Shaheed Hospitals for emergency treatment.<\/p>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n Indian Man Celebrates His Freedom with Gunshots, Gets Arrested Again<\/a><\/p>\n One person was arrested by the police in Karachi’s Garden area on the charges of aerial firing and a case against him has also been registered.<\/p>\n It is prime time that we understand the circumstances of our actions and try to do better as a society. Let’s start 2020 by ensuring that incidents like these never occur this year and many more years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The new year brings yet another sad news. It seems that aerial firing has become a part of our traditions. Be it the independence day, a wedding or the new year’s eve, our people only know one way to celebrate these occasions. And that is by disturbing\/hurting others. Fire crackers weren’t enough so we upgraded our game and now openly […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":244252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2374,1298,2199],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-244239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime","8":"category-culture","9":"category-featured"},"wps_subtitle":"We are welcoming 2020 the wrong way.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design10-364x205.png",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design10-758x426.png",758,426,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design10.png",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Munazza Mehmood","categories_name":["Crime","Culture","Featured"],"title_text":"14 People Injured in Karachi Due to Aerial Firing on New Year\u2019s Eve","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2374,1298,2199&exclude=244239","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244239"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=244239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA dismal beginning to the year<\/h3>\n
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