KARACHI: At least 13 people, including two women and a minor girl, were wounded in aerial firing during New Year celebrations in Karachi on Tuesday night.
According to rescue sources, 13 persons sustained injuries when some citizens resorted to aerial firing to welcome the new year of 2020 in different parts of the metropolis.
The injured were shifted to Jinnah, Abbasi Shaheed and Murshid hospitals of the city for treatment.
The world welcomed the arrival of 2020 with new hopes, wishes, and ambitions. Organizers in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad had organized a splendid show of fireworks.
In a surprise move for the residents of the biggest city of the country, the Sindh government had withdrawn the notification banning pillion-riding.
