Inside Karachi: Over 125 street barriers removed
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published
March 30, 2015
KARACHI: Rangers backed by police and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation launched an operation to remove barriers and barricades mainly in Karachi’s central district.
A KMC statement issued on Sunday said that over 125 barriers had been demolished/removed in central district’s Gulberg, Federal B Area, Karimabad, Liaquatabad, New Karachi, Kati Pahari, Shahrah-i-Noor Jahan, etc.
The barriers and other seized material were deposited in some police stations and KMC stores, the statement added.
Published in Dawn, March 30th, 2015
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Hassan Abbas
Mar 30, 2015 09:17am
What about Rangers own Barricades at Board Office? Where they have themselves created a No Go AREA.
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Mubeen
Mar 30, 2015 09:22am
One question. Did they remove barriers from Bilawal house yet?
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PakSal
Mar 30, 2015 09:32am
Bring down the wall outside Bilawal House. And I will say job well done.
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Zala
Mar 30, 2015 10:09am
Is Bilawal house above law? Has Mobile snatching, target killing and robberies stopped??? Ask it from someone who lives in Defence and Clifton.
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Common Citizen
Mar 30, 2015 10:15am
Also remove hundreds of barriers erected by common people in areas like P.E.C.H.S, Darul Aman Society and many others as these hinder in traffic divergence and causes traffic jams on major arteries of Karachi as people have no where to turn.
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Common Citizen
Mar 30, 2015 10:17am
Also DG Rangers should ensure that at least where there are Rangers pickets, people coming from wrong way should be stopped. They also cause a great deal of traffic jams to common citizens.
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Haider Rehman
Mar 30, 2015 10:31am
@Hassan Abbas
Do you realise the threat to Rangers, even in the words of Altaf "tum ho nahi, thee". It is legal for them not you or me. Just as it is their job to fight terrorists physically, not you or me.
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khanm
Mar 30, 2015 10:33am
The places occupied by the rangers are totally barricaded why they are being an exception... law is not unique for one but is equal for all... why those barricade were there in the first place. we all know that, failure to provide the security... and wonder who are responsible for that The rangers And Our Police....
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Abdulla Hussain
Mar 30, 2015 10:35am
Now that the barriers have been removed, rangers should seriously take up the issue of protecting the lives & properties of the masses. Rangers should not fail.
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N K Ali
Mar 30, 2015 10:54am
The barriers walls around Bilawal House are still there in defiance of public interest. You should see the barricades at Jinnah House and Pakistan Chowk. Salams
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Blister
Mar 30, 2015 11:59am
One of the biggest causes of the current situation in Sindh province " in addition to MQM is their allies of last soooooo many years.......the PPP who have been involved in as many illegal activities. Rangers will have a clear winner at their hands if they deal an even hand and remove all illegal barriers like at Bilawal house and other PPP haunts. Justice needs to be seen to be served equally.
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miristan
Mar 30, 2015 12:08pm
No one can dare to remove encroachment of Government road in front of Bilawal house. They are ruler of Pakistan. Law is for common people. So please stop writing comments in Bilawal house area and embrace the authorities It is beyond their capacity..
L love Pakistan
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raza
Mar 30, 2015 12:30pm
Encroachment @ Bilwal House ???
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hamid shafiq
Mar 30, 2015 12:35pm
kindly remove the gates and barriers at Gulshan-e-jamal where people make their own kingdoms and lock all the time for their personal business. request to rangers for their action.
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khanm
Mar 30, 2015 05:13pm
@Hassan Abbas ... they are rangers not general public...
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khanm
Mar 30, 2015 05:19pm
@Blister .....An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. Can we do that?????????????????
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khanm
Mar 30, 2015 05:21pm
@miristan......The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.
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khanm
Mar 30, 2015 05:22pm
@hamid shafiq ... is rangers now our government....why do we need a government...
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Sarfraz
Apr 02, 2015 02:37pm
Ranges and Govt. should provide phone numbers for public cooperation in this regard. Public can call to inform where barriers are still in place. In my locality, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, almost all parks have Muttahida unit offices and the adjoining roads are blocked thru barriers or barricades. What about Shahrah-e-Kamal Attaturk (Sind Sectt area)? Both traffic lanes have been blocked by iron gates in the name of security! What about barricades at Regional Rangers office adjacent to Faran Hotel? What about blockage of Amir Khusro Road (entering from Karsaz Road towards Zubaida Hospital) ? There are many still there. Even if the barriers (horizontal) are removed, the pillars to reinstal them are still in tact. These should also be removed.
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Muhammad Waseem
Apr 03, 2015 01:32am
@Zala It hasn't been stopped but the ratio is greatly dropped.
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