Bilawal House and traffic jams

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NOW that Asif Ali Zardari has completed his five-year tenure as president, I appeal to him, to President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to give us hapless citizens of Karachi back the portion of Khayaban-i-Saadi, Clifton, running from BBQ tonight roundabout to Sea View road.

The four-lane major thoroughfare has been blocked off with concrete barriers, cement walls and iron spikes for the past many years.

The blocking of this major road has resulted in constant traffic jams and chaos on Shahrah-i-Firdous which passes in front of the busy Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar, 26th Street, Khyban-i-Shamsheer and other arteries leading to Sea View.

The opening up of Khayaban-i-Saadi will provide an alternative route leading to Sea View and the DHA, which will greatly help ease traffic congestion, especially during weekends when the entertainment-starved citizens visit the Sea View beach and adjoining parks in droves with their families.

HUSSAIN KAKAL
Karachi

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