Traffic diversion plan for Muharram processions in Karachi issued

Karachi traffic police announced a comprehensive traffic diversion plan on Saturday for the Muharram processions from 8 to 10 Muharram.

Bohra community is holding Ashura gatherings at Tahiri Masjid, Saddar, from July 7 to 16.

Dr. Syedna Muhammad Burhanuddin Road and Mir Karam Ali Talpur Road will be closed during assemblies. Traffic from Hassan Square to Saddar Dawakhana via PP Chowrangi will divert to MA Jinnah Road. MA Jinnah Road, Numaish, and Tibbet Centre traffic will be restricted towards Saddar Dawakhana from Capri Cinema.

Regal Chowk traffic will turn left onto MA Jinnah Road at Preedy Chowk to bypass Saddar Dawakhana. Traffic from Sarwar Shaheed Chowk and Atrium Mall to Tahiri Masjid Saddar Dawakhana will divert to Regent Plaza Sharae Faisal. Shahrah-e-Iraq Paradise signal traffic will redirect to MA Jinnah Road at Dawoodpota signal, Murshid Bazar.

Corridor Three, Capri Signal, Cantonment Chowk, and Saddar Dawakhana will prohibit heavy traffic.

For Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram on July 17, the Sindh government banned 143 ulema and zakireen from 13 districts for 60 days as part of the security measures.

The main procession will start from Nishtar Park and end at Imambargah Hussainian Iranian in Kharadar. MA Jinnah Road will be closed to traffic from Guru Mandir to Tower, with only permitted vehicles allowed access. Vehicles with relevant stickers will enter through the Highway Leaders Society Light Signal.

No vehicles will be permitted beyond Guru Mandir and will be diverted towards Bahadur Yar Jung Road Soldier Bazar.

In District Central, traffic from Nazimabad will be directed towards Nishtar Road and Garden via Lasbela Chowk. Vehicles coming from Liaquatabad will be diverted to Lasbela Chowk via Teen Hatti towards Central Jail (Martin Road).

Commuters traveling from Hassan Square to PP Chowrangi can use Kashmir Road to Society Light Signal (Sharea Quaideen) and from Jail Chowrangi Flyover to Teen Hatti to Nishtar Road (Lasbela Chowk).

Traffic heading to Naumaish Chowrangi from Sharea Faisal to Sharea Quaideen (Noorani Kebab) will be routed via Kashmir Road.

Commuters from Central Jail gate (Jamshed Road) towards Guru Nandir and MA Jinnah Road will be diverted to Bahadur Yar Jung Road, Soldier Bazaar.

In District South, traffic from Garden Zoo to MA Jinnah Road will be directed via Ankle Saria to Gul Plaza and Coast Guards to Holy Family Hospital. Heavy and commercial traffic from Super Highway, Gulberg to MA Jinnah Road will be diverted from Liaquatabad No-10 to Nazimabad Chowrangi No-2 via Habib Bank Flyover, State Avenue Road, Shershah to Mauripur.

Vehicles heading towards the city via National Highway, Highway Faisal, Rashid Minhas Road, Stadium Road, Sir Shah Suleman Road, Hassan Square, Liaquatabad No. 10, Nazimabad Chowrangi No. 2, Habib Bank Flyover, State Avenue Road, Shershah to Mauripur will be allowed.

Participants from Nazimabad Lasbella, Albella, and Garden Jamaat Khana will proceed on the right through Soldier Bazar No 3 Light Signal to Naumaish.

Those coming from Liaquatabad will move through Teen Hati, Jahangir Road, and Gurumandir to Naumaish.

Participants from Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Gulshan-e-Iqbal will join the procession via University Road, Purani Sabzi Mandi, Kashmir Road, and Society Light Signal to Naumaish.

Vehicles carrying Sabeel, Niaz, or Tabrak Taqeem will be allowed entry only via Tower and Memon Mosque. No vehicles will be permitted to park along the procession route.