27 arrested in Quetta for motorbike riding

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A ban on motorbike riding in Quetta has created hardships for the citizens as the ban disturbed life in the city where large number of schoolchildren, office employees, shopkeepers and people from other walks of life were affected by the ban.
Quetta Police arrested 27 persons for riding motorbikes but the officials were perplexed about the law, under which they could arrest the violators of the ban.
Quetta, a spiralling city of millions, has around 1,24,000 motorbikes registered under the law.
The bike ban also prohibited the milksellers and newspaper vendors to perform their work as most of them use motorcycles for distribution of newspapers and milk.
Balochistan traders association has termed ban on motorbike riding a cruel decision.
Citing the fact that terrorists use motorcycles to conduct target killings and other terror related activities, Interior Minister Rehman Mailk had declared that city-wide bans on motorbikes were imposed in Karachi and Quetta on Friday.
Announcing a number of security measures for first day of Muharram, Malik had explained that the extreme steps were being taken in light of intelligence reports.

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