KARACHI: City administration on Monday clamped a ban on the use of drones in Karachi for seven days due to security threats.

According to a notification, the city police chief had informed officials concerned that there were threats to vital installations by the anti-state elements in the wake of recent attacks on foreigners and requested for imposition of a ban on the use of drones in the city.

The ban was imposed “in order to avoid any untoward incident and for the safety and security of vital installation”, the notification stated. Police have been authorised to register complaints against the violation of the ban.

Published in Dawn, April 23nd, 2024

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