First Girl Aseefa Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday requested revellers to not flip New 12 months celebrations into “mindless tragedies” by aerial firing as “a stray bullet can finish an harmless life”.
Aseefa, daughter of President Asif Ali Zardari, began a pattern on X — #CelebrateResponsibly and #SayNoToAerialFiring — to unfold consciousness among the many plenty forward of the brand new yr’s celebrations.
“When ushering within the New 12 months, keep in mind to #CelebrateResponsibly,” the Pakistan Peoples Celebration’s lawmaker wrote.
“Aerial firing isn’t just reckless — its lethal. Your stray bullet can finish an harmless life, turning celebration into mindless tragedies,” she added.
“Select security, and let everybody get pleasure from and rejoice the New 12 months in peace. #SayNoToAerialFiring,” she concluded.
rtunately, yearly on the eve of New 12 months, scores of individuals get injured or killed in celebratory firing regardless of the authorities’ taking completely different measures.
Sindh’s senior minister Sharjeel Memon additionally took ahead Aseefa’s marketing campaign and mentioned in an announcement that folks ought to rejoice the brand new yr however they need to keep away from aerial firing.
He added that the federal government was taking strict actions to curb such incidents and appealed to the general public to help the administration in making a secure surroundings.
Within the Sindh capital, the native administration has imposed Part 144 with an entire ban on arms, aerial firing and use of firecrackers for a interval of two days moreover promising strict actions in opposition to the violators.
Like different components of the world, the nation would rejoice the arrival of 2025 tonight with pleasure, music, and spectacular fireworks shows lighting up the skies.
In Pakistan, the festivities are extra personal and subdued in comparison with public occasions.
New 12 months’s Eve stays one of many symbolic events in key Pakistani cities like Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi the place tens of 1000’s get pleasure from fireworks, music and light-weight present.
— With extra enter from APP