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Karachi: Heavy vehicles should pass through Northern Bypass: SC
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan Monday ordered that Karachi Port Trust (KPT) should issue exit and entry passes to loading and unloading vehicles in the time between 11:00 in night and 6:00 in the morning.
The two-member bench of the Supreme Court Karachi Registry comprises of Justice Rana Bhagwandas and Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi was hearing the suo moto case on traffic jams in Karachi.
The bench directed KPT authorities to fix a time of loading and unloading at the port so as entry of the heavy vehicles in the metropolis can be stopped.
DIG Traffic Karachi Wajid Durrani, DCO Javed Hanif and Secretary Transport Rasool Bux Phulpoto appeared before the court today. The officials submitted minutes of the meeting held under the supervision of provincial chief secretary, in the court.
The court ordered ban on the entry of heavy vehicles in the city except through the Northern Bypass.
The learned bench also ordered that COs of all cantonment boards, Civil Aviation, Port Qasim Authority, Railways and representatives of SITE should also be taken along for solution of traffic problems of the city.
The report about further steps should be submitted in the court on September 03, the court ordered.
Courtesy Geo