No less than 22 individuals have been hit with stray bullets on Saturday in celebratory gunfire on New 12 months’s eve in Pakistan, reported Geo Information.

A number of individuals, together with a baby and girls, have been injured attributable to aerial firing in several elements of Karachi.

Because the clock ticked 12 am to announce the arrival of the 12 months 2023 on Saturday evening, the port metropolis resonated with the sounds of heavy gunfire regardless of a ban on the show of firearms, reported Geo Information.

In response to hospital sources, the Civil Hospital obtained eight injured, 4 injured have been dropped at Jinnah Hospital, and ten injured residents, together with ladies and youngsters, have been admitted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for remedy. In response to rescue sources, 22 individuals have been injured, reported Geo Information.

In the meantime, the police have arrested three individuals over the aerial firing in Korangi and charged them with tried homicide. Regulation enforcers arrested greater than 10 miscreants within the metropolis, reported Geo Information.

Karachiites took to streets and roads to rejoice the arrival of the New 12 months. The 5 Star Chowrangi was thronged by individuals in a festive temper.

Individuals additionally flocked to the Clifton Seaview and Do Darya to view huge fireworks celebrating the New 12 months.

Individually, varied golf equipment, and resorts organized enormous firework shows to welcome the New 12 months. Fireworks have been additionally set off in different elements of the town, together with Bahria City and Bagh Ibn Qasim.