Three girls lost their lives in a concert at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore

Three girls lost their lives in a concert at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore

Three girls were killed and many were injured during the stampede after the musical concert ended at Alhamra Cultural Complex, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, last night. A big crowd of young girls attended the musical concert of their college in which Pakistan’s
famed singers like Arif Lohar, Atif Aslam and Aini performed. After the concert was over, there occurred a wild rush of girls due to bomb plot rumour at Alhamra Cultural Complex. Running to save their lives, many girls fell unconscious and injured whereas
three died at the spot.

Families of clerical staff, teachers and other employees of the college were also allowed to attend the gala that started around 6pm. The place was overcrowded as around 5,000 girls, teachers and other staff of the college gathered at the venue. The show
ended at around 10pm and as the people started leaving the venue, a stampede ensued. Subsequently, the people started pushing each other around, causing a number of girls to fall to the ground and get trampled. Officials of Rescue 1122 and parents of students
rushed the girls to various hospitals, including Services Hospital, Ittefaq Hospital and Hameed Lateef Hospital.

According to Deputy Inspector General of Police Ghulam Mahmood Doga, "When the concert ended, some girls rushed towards Mr Aslam to get his autograph. To save Mr Aslam from the crowd, the security guards resorted to a light baton charge which caused panic
among the girls.” Injured girls were immediately taken to hospital however, Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has ordered an inquiry of this incident.

A hospital official said that three of the girls had arrived dead and five others were under treatment with light to moderate injuries. She said that two of the injured were discharged after treatment and the condition of three others was stable. Atif Aslam
is a popular singer who has also made his mark in Bollywood with songs like "Woh Lamhe".

Short URL: https://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=9413

Posted by Fahad Zafar on Jan 16 2012. Filed under Entertainment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry