{"id":47978,"date":"2024-09-10T11:35:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T06:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=47978"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:35:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T06:35:11","slug":"massive-traffic-jams-in-karachi-as-residents-protest-against-prolong-electricity-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/massive-traffic-jams-in-karachi-as-residents-protest-against-prolong-electricity-outage\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive traffic jams in Karachi as residents protest against prolong electricity outage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Massive protests against prolonged <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/nepra-okay-power-tariff-hike-by-rs-1-743-per-unit\/\">power outages<\/a> have brought Karachi to a standstill, causing traffic chaos and disruptions across the city.<\/p>\n<p>Residents, including women and children, staged sit-in protests and blocked <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-bans-police-officials-from-taking-lifts-on-roads-heres-why\/\">major roads<\/a>, including Mai Kolachi Road, Shahrah-e-Faisal, and Korangi Road, to express their frustration over the lack of electricity and water.<\/p>\n<p>The protests, which lasted up to 10 hours, resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/karachi-traffic-fines-hit-rs-1-2-billion-in-year-2023-24-details-inside\/\">massive traffic jams<\/a>, with long queues of vehicles forming and commuters struggling to reach their destinations. Drivers of heavy vehicles abandoned their trucks, further exacerbating the congestion.<\/p>\n<p>Protests were reported in several areas, including Punjab Colony, Railway Colony, and Shaheen Complex, with demonstrators blocking roads and voicing their anger over persistent power cuts.<\/p>\n<p>To mitigate the chaos, traffic police diverted vehicles onto alternative routes, advising citizens to avoid affected areas. The city&#8217;s residents continue to face challenges due to the ongoing electricity outages and protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Massive protests against prolonged power outages have brought Karachi to a standstill, causing traffic chaos and disruptions across the city. Residents, including women and children, staged sit-in protests and blocked major roads, including Mai Kolachi Road, Shahrah-e-Faisal, and Korangi Road, to express their frustration over the lack of electricity and water. The protests, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":47979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20593,21540,21541],"class_list":["post-47978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-power-outage-in-karachi","tag-protest-against-power-outage-in-karachi","tag-traffic-jam-in-karachi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47984,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47978\/revisions\/47984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}