The Sindh government`s latest effort to ostensibly curb rising street crime abd killings in Karachi comes in the form of a ban on pillion riding. This ban has been imposed times and again in order to improve the law and order situation but the state of affairs in Karachi has gone from bad to worse. While it is true that most street crimes are committed by men on motorcycles, banning pillion riding is no solution.
A large number of Karachites use motorcycles to go to work and to visit their dear ones. There are over 1.2 million registered motorcycles in the city, which carry over 2 million commuters daily. The ban does not take into account the inconvenience caused to a sizeable chunk of Karachi`s commuting and working population. Why do authorities punish ordinary people for a problem which should be resolved by better policing and law enforcement?
MUHAMMED ZAFIR ZIA
Karachi