As Pakistan woke up to commemorate its 75th independence day on Saturday morning, a number of Karachiites went to bed having celebrated the occasion on streets the previous night. This is how Karachiites have traditionally celebrated the day for last innumerable years. The discussion on the menace of silencer-less motorcycles, noise of bajas – which resemble vuvuzela horns – and the stupidity of aerial gunfire has become clichéd now. Traffic gridlocks, or rather mayhem, are also a regular feature every year on the night between August 13 and August 14. Still, the iconic image of this year Independence Day celebration has turned out to be a photograph of the 5-Star Chowrangi in.