Traffic plan for Hazrat Ali’s birth anniversary

Published March 21, 2019
The procession will be taken out at 4pm from Ghafoor Chambers will culminate at Shah-i-Khurasan.— AFP/File
The procession will be taken out at 4pm from Ghafoor Chambers will culminate at Shah-i-Khurasan.— AFP/File

KARACHI: A procession from Abdullah Haroon Road to Mehfil-i-Shah-i-Khurasan would be taken out on Thursday to mark the birthday of Hazrat Ali for which the police authorities issued a traffic plan for alternative routes.

A statement issued by the Karachi traffic police said that the procession which would be taken out at 4pm from Ghafoor Chambers would culminate at Shah-i-Khurasan. It would pass through Shahrah-i-Iraq, Zaibunnisa Street, Aga Khan Road, M.A. Jinnah Road, Capri cinema signal, Holy Family Hospital and Britto Road near Nishtar Park.

Published in Dawn, March 21st, 2019

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