Every year on New Year’s Eve there is a display of fireworks and heavy aerial firing. These merrymakers around us are so eager to celebrate the New Year that they use all means possible to express their joy over its arrival. They do not even bother to think that how hazardous their methods of celebration could be.
Here in our country, the display of fireworks is not something planned officially to be performed on New Year’s Eve. So, here firing bullets and firecrackers only results in lawlessness and terrorising the people. Not only this, but in some areas with intense aerial firing, a few people actually die because of these bullets.
My question to all those involved in these perilous and worthless acts is that is it so necessary to celebrate the New Year in such a ferocious way? In fact, in the first place is it even necessary to celebrate the New Year at all? We live in a Muslim country and being Muslims we should not be concerned with the New Year’s celebrations because it is not our religious or cultural festival.
And why don’t they realise that their means of exhibiting joy and happiness are lethal to others? Why don’t they realise that their New Year merriments are posing a serious threat to human lives?
I would request the concerned authorities to ensure better and more efficient security measures the next time these New Year’s celebrations arrive so that no further lives are lost at the hands of these merrymakers.
MADIHA VIQUAR
Karachi