Karachi: Pillion ridding banned for 9 days
A ban on pillion riding has been imposed in Karachi with effective from 12 am today.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – A ban on pillion riding has been imposed in Karachi on Wednesday following the sudden rise in the target killing incidents over the past few weeks. The Interior Ministry of Sindh has ordered to impose a ban on pillion riding in Karachi till September 19 after several target killing incidents have been reported in the city. The ban will be effective from 12am today (Thursday) and will continue till September 19.
Additional General Inspector (AIG) Ghulam Qadir Thebo has written a letter to Interior Ministry to inform that the target killings have been carried out by unknown armed men riding on bikes after which decision was taken to impose a ban for 9 days.
The announcement came after the recent incident of killing of a religious cleric Maulana Masood who was associated with Jamia Binoria. An unidentified man opened gunshots as his car approached Haideri Market in Karachi.
According to the sources there were two motorcyclists and four other suspects.
All the shops and business in Haideri area has been suspended and the traffic is jammed.
The deceased was the son-in-law of religious scholar Mufti Naeem.
Earlier, Ali Akbar Kumaili the son of Allama Abbas Kumaili and his friend were gunned down in Bhangoria Goth near Azizabad area of the city on Saturday.
