Traffic chaos due to sit-ins

KARACHI

The traffic police failed to ensure swift flow of traffic despite the announcement of protest sit-ins by the religious party in advance. There was complete chaos across the city as traffic jams were seen on main arteries and link roads.

Long queues of vehicles were formed on important roads including Sharea Faisal and MA Jinnah Road. Citizens faced difficulties in reaching their destinations.

A sit-in was held on both tracks of Sharea Faisal Kala Chapra, Main National Highway, Malir 15 Bridge Quaidabad, Abbas Town, and both tracks of University Road. Passengers going to the airport also faced extreme difficulties.

Addressing a press conference at Numaish Chowrangi, central leader of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen, Allama Hassan Zafer Naqvi, said that our protest is to express solidarity with the people of Parachinar. He urged the participants of all protests across the country to continue their peaceful demonstrations.

He said, "the statement by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah regarding Parachinar is laughable. If the Parachinar issue is a local issue to be resolved locally, then where did Benazir's martyrdom occur on December 27, and what will he say about the state of the country after that?"

Naqvi said, "We reject Murad Ali Shah's statements regarding Parachinar and are deeply saddened."

Regarding the situation in the Parachinar district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the MWM chief strongly denounced the excesses and demanded action against the perpetrators of massacre, loot and plunder.