--- title: "Karachi revives traditional donkey-cart race for Independence Day" description: "Most outlets led with the revival of the traditional donkey-cart race in Karachi as part of Independence Day celebrations, noting the participation of around 40 donkey carts. Business Recorder highlighted the city authorities reviving the event, while Dawn focused on the organizer, Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi, and the continuation of the tradition. Both framed the event as a cultural and celebratory activity." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/3510-karachi-revives-traditional-donkey-cart-race site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Karachi revives traditional donkey-cart race for Independence Day sports · latest filing 17 Aug 2026, 1:28 PM PKT · 16–17 Aug 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets over 2 developments ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 17 Aug 2026 — Karachi revives traditional donkey-cart race for Independence Day (3 outlets) > Most outlets led with the revival of the traditional donkey-cart race in Karachi as part of Independence Day celebrations, noting the participation of around 40 donkey carts. Business Recorder highlighted the city authorities reviving the event, while Dawn focused on the organizer, Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi, and the continuation of the tradition. Both framed the event as a cultural and celebratory activity. - **ProPakistani** — [Karachi Hosts Independence Day Donkey-Cart Race](https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/17/karachi-hosts-independence-day-donkey-cart-race/) · 17 Aug 2026, 1:28 PM PKT > Karachi marked Independence Day with a traditional donkey-cart race, with around 40 carts taking part in the event organized by… Read More The post Karachi Hosts Independence Day Donkey-Cart Race appeared first on ProPakistani. - **Dawn** — [Donkey-cart racers keep Karachi’s traditional sport alive](https://www.dawn.com/news/2023321/donkey-cart-racers-keep-karachis-traditional-sport-alive) · 17 Aug 2026, 8:31 AM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > KARACHI: Commissioner of Karachi Syed Hassan Naqvi on Sunday organised Azadi Donkey-Cart Race as part of Independence Day celebrations, with around 40 donkey carts participating in the traditional sporting event. The race started at 8:30am from Native Jetty Bridge and concluded at the commissioner’s office. The commissioner attended the event as chief guest and distributed prizes among the winn... - **Business Recorder** — [Karachi revives traditional donkey-cart race](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435089/karachi-revives-traditional-donkey-cart-race) · 17 Aug 2026, 4:49 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > KARACHI: Dozens of donkey carts raced on the roads of Karachi on Sunday as the city authorities revived the traditional sporting event as part of the Independence Day celebrations. Around 40 donkey carts took part in the race, which started from the Natives’ Jetty Bridge and ended at the office of the Commissioner of Karachi. Karachi Commissioner, Syed Hasan Naqvi, who attended the event as chi... ### 16 Aug 2026 — Karachi to host Commissioner Cup Donkey Cart Race (1 outlet) - **The Nation** — [Karachi to host Commissioner Cup Donkey Cart Race](https://www.nation.com.pk/16-Aug-2026/karachi-host-commissioner-cup-donkey-cart-race) · 16 Aug 2026, 7:14 AM PKT > LAHORE - The Commissioner Cup Donkey Cart Race will be held in Karachi to celebrate Pakistan’s 79th Independence Day. 4 articles from 4 outlets, 16–17 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.