Rangers unknowingly pull over Sindh CM's car in Karachi

Murad Ali Shah was travelling in private vehicle without protocol

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah's car was stopped by Rangers personnel for checking while the former was visiting Karachi's Sea View beach to check security arrangements for New Year's Eve on Monday.

Shah was travelling in a private vehicle and without any protocol.

According to a CM house statement released after the incident, he was pulled over for checking by the paramilitary force as he was in a private car.

The statement read that as soon as the Rangers personnel came to know that he was present in the vehicle they began to salute him.

Moreover, Shah lauded the personnel present for stopping him and following due process.



Earlier this year, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique was booked for over-speeding on the motorway.

The former federal minister for railways was stopped by the Motorway Police at the Rawal Toll Plaza near Lahore.

The PML-N leader was driving at a speed of 145km/h while the prescribed speed limit is 120km/h on motorway.

Rafique was en route to the session of the Punjab Assembly in Lahore and had to pay the Rs750 fine for the traffic offence.