The Sindh High Court (SHC) conditionally allowed the Sindh government to impose a ban on motorcycle riding on Muharram 9 and 10 and said it could will be in specific areas that too for limited time.
Chief Justice Musheer Alam made this statement while hearing the case on Tuesday. The court suggested that a ban on motorcycles could be imposed on public holidays or in selective areas of the city especially near Imambargahs.
The Sindh government had earlier filed a request with the SHC to allow an imposition of a 10-day ban on motorcycle riding in the light of terrorism threats for Muharram.
CNG stations to be closed for 48 hours: In its unusual schedule for gas load-shedding, the Sui Southern Gas Company announced that CNG supply to filing stations in Sindh will remain suspended from Wednesday (today) for two days. SSGC spokesman said the filling stations would be closed across the province at 9am today for 48 hours, reopening on Friday morning, under load-management plan of the government. He warned that any gas filling station which violated the schedule would be closed for further 24 hours. The 48-hour shutdown adds to miseries of people using CNG-powered vehicles or relying on CNG-run transport as public transport turns thin on roads, making it hard for office workers to reach their destinies.
