{"id":131571,"date":"2026-08-20T18:23:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=131571"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:23:40","slug":"roads-blocked-traffic-congested-in-karachis-pidc-area-due-to-lawyers-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/131571\/","title":{"rendered":"Roads blocked, traffic congested in Karachi\u2019s PIDC area due to lawyers&#8217; protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KARACHI(National Times)- Due to a protest by lawyers, the roads leading to the Sindh Chief Minister\u2019s House were closed and containers installed in Karachi\u2019s PIDC area on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of around 5:40pm, the lawyers\u2019 rally had reached near the Chief Minister\u2019s House, while a heavy police force had been deployed including women police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roads in and around the area were either blocked to traffic or experiencing heavy congestion following reports of the protest near the site. According to an update by the traffic police, MT Khan Road was partially closed for traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an alert issued at 4:06pm, the Karachi Traffic Police said that the Sultanabad Traffic Post towards PIDC Chowk and MT Khan Road were closed for traffic.The map shows a road closure and heavy traffic in the PIDC area of Karachi as of 5:10pm on August 20. \u2014 screengrab via Google Maps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an alternate route, traffic is being diverted from the traffic post towards Mai Kolachi Road and Boat Basin, the police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aiwan-i-Sadr Road was also later closed from Fountain Chowk towards Thana Gali, while both lanes of Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road have been closed from PIDC towards the Ziauddin signal, according to an update as of 4:41pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has created a traffic snarl on both lanes of Khayaban-i-Iqbal Road from Teen Talwar towards Sindh Club Chowk and Fountain Chowk, as well as Sindh Club Road, Din Muhammad Wafai Road (both lanes from MR Kiyani Chowrangi and Shaheen Complex towards PIDC) and Jinnah Bridge (from Jinnah Bridge Roundabout towards Mai Kolachi), police said, citing a rally as the reason for the slow traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They added that the police were \u201cpresent and managing traffic flow\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lawyer told&nbsp;<em>Dawn<\/em>&nbsp;that the protesters have 14 demands, mainly the creation of new administrative units or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2021824\/plan-for-new-provinces-faces-political-minefield\">provinces<\/a>&nbsp;in Sindh. Various political parties have demanded the creation of more provinces or administrative units for better governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGovernment interference should be stopped\u201d in regards to corporate farming, the 26th and 27th Amendments, mineral mining in Karunjhar and the release of political prisoners, the lawyer added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) \u2014 an ally of the PML-N-led ruling coalition \u2014 has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1974999\">demanding<\/a>&nbsp;that Karachi be designated a province separate from Sindh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the PPP, which rules Sindh and is also an ally of the PML-N government at the Centre along with MQM-P, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1974798\/integral-inseparable-part-of-province-sindh-assembly-passes-resolution-against-creation-of-karachi-province\">strongly opposed<\/a>&nbsp;the suggested move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI(National Times)- Due to a protest by lawyers, the roads leading to the Sindh Chief Minister\u2019s House were closed and containers installed in Karachi\u2019s PIDC area on Thursday. 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