{"id":71135,"date":"2025-04-17T22:30:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=71135"},"modified":"2025-04-17T22:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:02:55","slug":"karachi-restricts-entry-of-heavy-vehicles-during-day-amid-increasing-traffic-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/karachi-restricts-entry-of-heavy-vehicles-during-day-amid-increasing-traffic-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Karachi restricts entry of heavy vehicles during day amid increasing traffic accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: To\u00a0address<\/span> rapidly<\/span> increasing<\/span> traffic<\/span> congestion<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> safety<\/span> issues<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> Karachi administration has imposed an<\/span> absolute<\/span> ban on heavy transport in<\/span> consumers<\/span>\u2019<\/span> daytime transit<\/span> travels<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> next<\/span> two<\/span> months<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> prohibition<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> use<\/span> of<\/span> heavy<\/span> vehicles<\/span><\/a> will<\/span> begin<\/span> on<\/span> April 17, 2025,<\/span> and<\/span> will<\/span> continue<\/span> until<\/span> June 16, 2025.<\/span> The<\/span> position<\/span> involves<\/span> a<\/span> prohibition<\/span> for<\/span> other<\/span> heavy vehicles, which<\/span> include<\/span> dumpers transporting construction materials, operating<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> city\u2019s\u00a0roads between the<\/span> hours<\/span> of<\/span> 6:00 am and 10:00 pm.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> significance<\/span> of<\/span> this<\/span> initiative<\/span> is<\/span> to safeguard<\/span> human life<\/span> and ensure traffic is<\/span> moving<\/span>,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> Karachi Division Commissioner\u00a0Syed Hassan Naqvi.<\/p>\n

Consumers<\/span> bringing<\/span> in<\/span> daily<\/span> needs<\/span> of<\/span> items<\/span> like water, food, and<\/span> medical supplies, edible oils<\/span>, and medical gases are exempt, but<\/span> they<\/span> are still<\/span> encouraged to use<\/span> the<\/span> off-peak hours to reflect<\/span> changes<\/span> in<\/span> their<\/span> deliveries<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The prohibition<\/span> is present<\/span> under Section 144 in<\/span> the Criminal Code<\/span> Procedure<\/a>;<\/span> furthermore<\/span>, law and traffic enforcement<\/span> officials can\u00a0prosecute<\/span> under Section 188 of the Pakistan Penal Code.<\/span><\/p>\n

There<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> a<\/span> short<\/span> announcement<\/span> on<\/span> the following<\/span> precluding<\/span> provisions<\/span> on<\/span> unauthorized<\/span> vehicles<\/span> on<\/span> selected<\/span> major<\/span> roads<\/span>,<\/span> as<\/span> per<\/span> outlined<\/span> in<\/span> this<\/span> notice<\/span>,<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> on Shahrah<\/span>–<\/span>e<\/span>–<\/span>Faisal<\/span> and<\/span> I<\/span>.<\/span>I<\/span>.<\/span> Chundrigar<\/span> Road<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> provisions<\/span> ban<\/span> One-Plus-Two and One-Plus-Four rickshaws,<\/span> which<\/span> began\u00a0on the<\/span> 15th<\/span> of<\/span> April<\/span> 2025<\/span> and is<\/span> included<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> prohibition<\/span> under<\/span> a<\/span> ban<\/span> until<\/span> the<\/span> 14th<\/span> of<\/span> June<\/span> 2025.<\/p>\n

The objective<\/span> is to ensure<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> travel<\/span> of<\/span> citizens<\/span> is<\/span> much<\/span> safer<\/span> and<\/span> ultimately<\/span> our<\/span> peaks<\/span> of<\/span> peak<\/span> times<\/span> are<\/span> lower<\/span> and regulated<\/span> to<\/span> ensure better<\/span> outweighs<\/span> for<\/span> city<\/span> mobility<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: To\u00a0address rapidly increasing traffic congestion and safety issues, the Karachi administration has imposed an absolute ban on heavy transport in consumers\u2019 daytime transit travels for the next two months. The prohibition on the use of heavy vehicles will begin on April 17, 2025, and will continue until June 16, 2025. The position involves a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":65935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27944,26748],"class_list":["post-71135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-heavy-traffic-banned-in-karachi","tag-karachi-traffic-accident"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71135","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=71135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71136,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71135\/revisions\/71136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}