Wild festivities in Pakistan kill 16, injure hundreds
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- At least 16 people were killed while hundreds injured across Pakistan as some revelers went wild celebrating the nation's 62nd anniversary of independence with traditional zeal and zest, local newspapers reported Saturday.
Reports said that in the southern metropolis of Karachi, seven were killed while more than 100 were injured in the festivities celebrating the Independence Day on Friday. Four of the dead were the motor-bikers showing crazy stunts.
In eastern province of Punjab, a 17-year-old youth was killed while performing stunts on his motorcycle and dozens others wounded in the capital of Lahore when they were celebrating the Independence Day.
Elsewhere in Punjab, three youths were killed and 150 others sustained serious injuries in motorcycle performances in Kasur, two young men in Multan and three picnickers in Chiniot were drowned when they were celebrating by bathing and boating.
Pakistan's Independence Day is observed on Aug. 14, the day on which Pakistan became independent from the British rule in 1947.
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