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Alternate traffic plan for 8th, 9th and 10th Muharram unveiled

KARACHI: An alternate traffic plan has been announced for the mourning processions on 8th, 9th and 10th Muharramul Haram.

Traffic police has announced that twenty roads around the route of the central procession could be used for the traffic movement.

“Major roads including Soldier Bazaar, Lasbela, Shara-e-Quaideen, Shara-e-Faisal and Burns Road whereas other routes including Lea Market, Tower, ICI Bridge and Mai Kolachi road will remain open during Muharram processions,” city’s traffic authorities said.

The processions on the 8th, 9th and 10th Muharram (September 8th, 9th and 10th, 2019), will begin at Nishtar Park and will conclude at lmambargah Hussainian Iranian in Kharadar.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.