Pillion riding barred in Karachi for three days

Ban will be effective from Tuesday, 12am, through Thursday


Faraz Khan January 19, 2015
Decision to impose the ban was taken after armed motorcyclist opened fire at a polio team in Banaras Chowk area of Orangi Town, Karachi, injuring a police officer. PHOTO: EXPRESS

KARACHI: Sindh government on Monday imposed a three-day ban on pillion riding following an attack on a polio team in the city.

The ban will remain in effect from Tuesday through Thursday.

The decision to impose the ban was taken after armed motorcyclist opened fire at a polio team near Banaras Chowk in Orangi Town, Karachi, injuring a police officer.

“Two gunmen opened fire at the policeman who was on duty to guard the vaccinators,” Ali Asif, a senior police official in the area, told AFP, adding that the vaccination campaign in the area had now been postponed.

The policeman was critically injured after a bullet passed through his skull, Doctor Mohammad Abid in the city’s Abbasi Shaheed hospital told AFP.

COMMENTS (2)

Ahmed Shafique | 9 years ago | Reply

So no petrol and now no pillion riding?

:):) | 9 years ago | Reply

As if people can ride bikes on empty tanks.

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