Aerial firing, accidents, fire incidents: Law and order worsens in parts of country
The law and order situation has worsened in different parts of the country since Eidul Fitr night after the crescent sighting as several people lost their lives and many were left wounded.
KARACHI: The law and order situation has worsened in different parts of the country since Eidul Fitr night after the crescent sighting as several people lost their lives and many were left wounded in aerial firing, road and picnicking accidents and fire incidents.
At least 12 to 14 people including women and children had gotten injured in celebratory firing on Eidul Fitr night only in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. The aerial firing incidents had taken place in Orangi, Bufferzone, Qasba Colony, Gulshan-e-Buner and other areas.
In road accidents, eight people lost their lives in Karachi and more than 50 got wounded in different incidents on the first day of the Eidul Fitr festival. The incidents had been reported in Gulshan-e-Iqbal University Road, Liaqauatabad, Steel Town Link Road, Kati Pahari, Baldia Town and Hub check-post.
In a horrific incident, a passenger van caught fire at a petrol pump at M A Jinnah Road in which four women sustained burn injuries. The injured women were immediately shifted to the Civil Hospital while their condition is out of danger.
Two young boys namely Daniyal and Sonu were drowned at Karachi beach in which the body of one boy was recovered after six hours. Three children also went missing at the Karachi beach, however, they have been recovered later safe and sound.
In another terrifying incident, around 100 shops turned into ashes due to a large fire erupted in the Pashtunabad market of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, causing heavy financial damage to the traders.
The traders ruled out the possibility of a short circuit as the fire erupted at the time of the power outage and demanded a high-level probe into the blaze incident.
The rising incidents of lawlessness and lack of administration in emergency cases have raised questions over the competitiveness of the higher authorities.
