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| Ban imposed on pillion-riding in Karachi |
| 2012-02-01 |
| [Pak Daily Times] The Sindh government has decided to impose a ban on pillion-riding in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , effective from today (Wednesday) till 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal amid new wave of murders in the metropolis. The announcement was made by Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan, who was accompanied by the IG Sindh Mushtaq Shah, in a cycle of violence and four-wheeler distribution ceremony for Madadgar held here at the Garden Police Headquarter on Tuesday. Wasan said that the ban on riding double was being imposed in view of the security condition during Rabi-ul-Awwal. The home minister also announced formation of a joint investigation team to probe the murder of MPA Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... Mir Bakhtiar Domki's wife, daughter and a driver who killed in the early hours of Tuesday in Clifton area. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Just from the title, I thought it was to prevent women from riding horses astride..... |
| Posted by: Albert Omerese4211 2012-02-01 12:14 |