close
Monday December 23, 2024

Traffic diversion plan for JUI-F public meeting

By Salis bin Perwaiz
May 02, 2024
View of a road in Karachi on May 1, 2024. — PPI
View of a road in Karachi on May 1, 2024. — PPI

The Karachi traffic police on Wednesday issued a traffic diversion plan for the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam public meeting that will be held adjacent to Peoples Chowrangi near the Mazar-e-Quaid at 4pm today (Thursday).

To prevent inconvenience for the participants and public, the parking arrangements have been made for the participants at Excise Chowrangi, Bagh-e-Jinnah and Mazar-e-Quaid (VIP) Gate.

The participants coming from interior Sindh via Sohrab Goth, Water Pump and Liaquatabad can park their vehicles near Post Office, Gurumandir.

The participants coming from District Central via Liaquatabad can park their vehicles at Bagh Jinnah or Jigar Muradabadi Road and go to the venue of the meeting.

The participants from District South and Korangi coming via Sharea Faisal, Shahrah-e-Quaideen or Society Signal, can park their vehicles near the Khudadad Colony Underpass and go to the venue of the meeting.

The participants coming from District West via Pak Colony, Shah Nawaz Bhutto Chowk, Rexer Lane and Garden can park vehicles at Bagh-e-Jinnah and go to the public meeting venue.

The participants coming from Thatta, and District Malir and East via Sharea Faisal, Karsaz, Stadium Road and New Town Jail Flyover can park vehicles near Dawood Engineering University and go to the venue.

Alternative routes

The general public will not be allowed to go from Jamshed Road and Teen Hatti to Numaish. They can take the route of Tariq Road to reach their destinations.

The traffic coming from Shahrah-e-Quaideen will not be allowed to go beyond the Noorani signal. From the Noorani signal, they can take the route of Khalid bin Waleed Road.

The traffic coming from University Road will be diverted from Jail Chowrangi to Shaheed-e-Millat Road.

The Traffic coming from Jail Chowrangi to Jamshed Road will be diverted towards Soldier Bazaar and Business Recorder Road.

The general public will not be allowed from Regal to New MA Jinnah Corridor 3. The commuters from Saddar Dawakhana can take the route from Lucky Star to Sharea Faisal.

The buses, minibuses and heavy traffic coming from Nazimabad and Teen Hatti will not be allowed to go from Lasbela to Gurumandir but small vehicles will be allowed to go. Heavy vehicles can take the route of Nishter Road.

The traffic coming from MA Jinnah Road’s Tibet signal will be diverted from Capri to Soldier Bazaar No 1.

No large vehicles will be allowed from Liaquatabad No 10 towards Teen Hatti and Gurumandir.

Similarly, the entry of all types of heavy traffic will be prohibited on Shahrah-e-Quaideen.

The traffic police have asked the general public to cooperate with law enforcement agencies and traffic police. For guidance in case of any problem, the public can contact the Traffic Police Guide 1915 or WhatsApp 03059266907. They can also get latest updates from FM Radio 88.6.