Lockdown rescues Karachiites from firecrackers´ bang on Shab-e-Barat
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Although the night of Shaban 14, Shab-e-Barat, is for connecting with God, for many children and even adults, the night for all the wrong reasons has been a recreational occasion for several years, in which almost every area of the city would echo with loud explosions of firecrackers continuously disturbing all those who wanted to pray at their houses and mosques. Every year, the government would announce that it would not tolerate explosions of firecrackers on Shab-e-Barat and impose the Section 144 to ban the sale and use of explosives for the holy night, but such a ban would never be implemented and the entire city would reverberate with the bang of firecrackers. This year, however, it is...