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RAWALPINDI: The garrison city echoed with sounds of gunfire as people celebrated Basant, ignoring a government ban on Friday. Kite flying and celebratory firing caused injuries to 47 people, including five women and a two-year-old girl, after stray bullets and pellets hit them. On the other hand, police arrested 450 people on charges of violating the ban on kite flying …

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