KARACHI, July 20: The traffic was very thin on roads in Karachi on 12th of Rabi-ul- Awwal due to public holiday and not a single complaint about traffic jams was received from any place in the city on the day.

This was deposed by the superintendent of police, Traffic Zone-II, Karachi, Shaukat Ali, before the Nishtar Park incident inquiry tribunal headed by Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery on Thursday.

As the proceedings resumed, Additional Advocate General Sarwar Khan cross-examined Shaukat Ali to acquire information about traffic arrangements made by police on April 11.

Shaukat Ali said a plan was prepared for traffic arrangements in the city by the deputy inspector-general, traffic, to ensure smooth flow of traffic on April 11.

He also visited several important points on different roads in Karachi to check deployment of traffic police staff while he had also seen some small processions on different streets.

Answering a question, he said a control room (CR) was jointly set up by the operational and traffic police in a flat in a building near Nishter Park on April 11. He said he and the town police officer of Jamshed Town were present in the CR when he heard the explosion.

The SP said that details about traffic arrangements on the day in the city was made public through the print and electronic media but no map was issued.

Later, the tribunal recorded the testimony of the head of the Accident and Emergency (A&E) ward, CHK, Dr Tariq Ayoobi.

Dr Tariq produced some record regarding doctors who had performed duties in the CHK's A&E and about the victims of the Nishtar Park tragedy which were brought to the CHK on April 11.

He said that all the victims and injured of the Nishter Park bombing, who were brought to the CHK, were provided free medical aid, including medicines. He also said the ambulances of the CHK were under the control of the CHK administration.

Later the proceeding was adjourned till Friday.—APP