Pakistan welcomes New Year with prayers, fireworks
Pakistan
Thousands of people gathered at Governor House Karachi to witness display of fireworks
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The New Year celebrations kicked off across the country to welcome 2025 with prayers, fireworks displays and lively celebrations as the clock ticked to midnight.
Thousands of people gathered at the Governor House in Karachi to witness an amazing display of fireworks to welcome the New Year. The sky lit up with spectacular fireworks as the clock ticked to midnight.
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Bahria Town hosted the grandest New Year celebrations in Karachi and Islamabad, with enchanting performances of international standard dancing fountains and music to set the tone of the night.
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Countless revellers switched to party mode at Lahore's Liberty Chowk which was decorated with colourful light as the authorities banned fireworks display in Punjab.
Despite being on high alert in Karachi, aerial firing to celebrate New Year was reported from several areas of the city. At least 22 people including women and children got wounded by stray bullets.
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As clock struck 12, fireworks and celebratory firing went off, welcoming the New Year, jeering at those who claimed they took measures to stop such activities.
At chilly night of New Year, people went to rooftops - some of them with fireworks and arms and some with the intention of seeing the sky sparkle with light and hear the sound of bullets fired to welcome New Year.
They captured pictures and made clips of fireworks and shared with their friends and loved ones.
Motorcyclists hit the city roads the moment the clock struck 12 to give the news that 2025 has begun. They came on roads in groups and enjoyed themselves, harming none, but law-enforcers as usual scorned them, may be out of their duty.
AT LEAST 24 INJURED IN KARACHI
In several parts of Karachi, at least 24 people, including two women, suffered injuries when revellers resorted to firing as the New Year started. The injured have been admitted to hospitals. Later, police arrested eight people having weapons in Gulshan-e-Maymar.
In Lahore, police arrested 15 people for firing in the air and creating ruckus on the New Year’s eve.
NETIZENS REACT TO FIREWORKS BAN
Though the Punjab government banned fireworks in view of poor air quality in Lahore, Lahorites were disappointed with the decision, questioning if the air quality in Karachi or other cities was ideal, where people greeted 2025 with a display of fireworks.
A netizen fumed, “Sindh Governor House carried out fireworks and it continued 40 minutes.”
GLOBAL SCENE
New Year celebrations erupted worldwide, with greetings and hopes for the best. Every society welcomes New Year the way it suits. Some go to worship places, some explode fireworks, and some exchange a happy New Year messages.
Let them do what they do. It is their style of celebration. Every outgoing year always leaves a message – of failure or success. Failure is for those who spent the year as they spent all previous years and did nothing to transform them, and success for those who managed to fulfill their pervious year resolutions.
