Karachiites celebrate Pak victory in Asia Cup
KARACHI: The victory of Pakistan cricket team over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup 2012 final on Thursday was celebrated all over the city with great zeal.
To watch the match, large video screens were installed by different organisations, clubs and fans in many areas of the city, including Machchar Colony, Moosa Colony, Federal B Area, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Azam Basti, Bengali Para Korangi, Orangi Town, Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, Sea View, Mumtaz Mobile Mall, some universities and other educational institutions.
Fans of Pakistan and Bangladeshi cricket teams wore shirts of their favourite team. They painted flags on their faces. Boys were riding bikes and raising slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ after the victory.
Another video screen was set up at a shop in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Block 13D, near Own Heights Apartments, where Asad, Imran alias Mama, Miandad Baloch, Sajid, Javed and Saqib commented over the performances of teams as saying they were very glad over the victory of Pakistan but Bangladesh also played good.
Meanwhile, Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri also congratulated the Pakistani nation and cricket team over the victory and expressed well wishes for future.
Massive traffic jams occurred in different areas of the city after conclusion of match as a large number of jubilant cricket lovers took to the streets and danced on the tunes of drumbeats. They also raised slogans in favour of Pakistan cricket team.
To celebrate the victory, jubilant people opened aerial fire in Khokhrapar, Hassan Square, Old Sabzi Mandi, NIPA, Jamshed Quarters, Liaquatabad, Nazimabad, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Saddar, City Railway Colony, Empress Market, Machchar Colony, Keamari and Lines Area in which 13 people, including a boy and a woman were injured. Police shifted the injured to the Civil Hospital Karachi, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for treatment.
Later a man Badshah Khan, who was injured in Zaman Town Korangi, succumbed to his injuries.
I am also Karachiites.
What Bengalis did was NOTHING
People in Brazil die of heart attack and conduct collective crying
lol
through out the contury whenever their team fail to win the worldcup. Even during club matches things can get out of hand and to control them Alcohol is banned in the vicinity of the stadiums
This is sport madness and should be respected
LOL. Yes, we do have heart-attacks and very nervous last 5 overs, it is damn close. They made us too much difficult work and pressures us, heck we won by TWO runs!
Love this, man!