KARACHI
\nSoon after Karachi Police recommendation on Monday the city Commissioner issued a notification to impose Section 144 in the South district of the metropolis under the pretext of prevailing law and order situation.
\nNational media reported on Monday that the notification comes in response to a recommendation made by Karachi South Zone Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Syed Asad Raza to the Commissioner on Sunday, a day ahead of planned protest by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) at the Karachi Press Club against the \u201cillegal detention\u201d of its leaders Dr Mahrang Baloch and Bebarg Baloch.
\nAs per content of the notification, Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi read that under Section 144, he had imposed a \u201ccomplete ban on any types of protests, demonstrations, sit-ins, rallies and assembly of more than five persons within the Karachi division with immediate effect for March 24, 2025.\u201d
\nIn his recommendation on Sunday, DIG Raza had said that \u201cin the context of present law and order situation in the city, it is required that ban may be imposed in South Zone on protests, demonstrations, sit-ins and rallies\u201d being held on major roads, which would result in traffic jams and posed \u201cgrave security threats\u201d.
\nIt had further said that in view of the prevailing law and order situation, \u201cit is essential that necessary measures be taken to protect the participants, the public and the integrity of the event\u201d.
\n\u201cIt is therefore requested that [a] ban on any type of protest, demonstrations, sit-in rallies and assembly of more than five persons may kindly be imposed within the limits of South Zone under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code from March 24 to 31, 2025.\u201d
\nAccording to a post on X, the BYC protest in Karachi is scheduled for 4pm and is being organised in collaboration with civil society members, while a protest in Quetta was scheduled for noon. The BYC\u2019s chief organiser and 16 other activists were arrested from their protest camp at Quetta\u2019s Sariab Road on Saturday as police continued to crackdown on its sit-in against alleged enforced disappearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI Soon after Karachi Police recommendation on Monday the city Commissioner issued a notification to impose Section 144 in the South district of the metropolis under the pretext of prevailing law and order situation. National media reported on Monday that the notification comes in response to a recommendation made by Karachi South Zone Deputy Inspector […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-468992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n