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Summary The ceremony was jittered by loadshedding, forcing people to on the lights of their cell phones.
A ceremony for making the world record of singing the national anthem by most people in one sitting was held in Defense Stadium, Karachi.Philippine was the earlier record holder with more than 5,200 people singing its national anthem together.Crowd started pouring in Defense Stadium from 9pm. All the crowd, including, children and women, stayed there despite heavy rain and wind.The count passed 5,500 at 1am but the power went off at just at the time of singing. The participants sang the anthem in the lights of their cell phones.Waqas and Abid, the organisers of the ceremony, said that the purpose of the ceremony was to enhance the patriotism among their compatriots.Thanking all the participants for their participation, the organisers said that they had approached Genesis Book of World Record administrators for registering their record.
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