KARACHI, April 22: The following traffic arrangement has been made for the Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA).

A procession would be taken out from Nishter Park at 1pm. Prior to this procession, an Alam procession will come out from Martin Road Imambargah at 9am and it would terminate at Nishter Park where a Majlis will be held before the main procession starts for the Anjuman Hussainian Iranian Imambargah.

The route of the procession would be as under:

Nishter Park, Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto Road, Father Jaminis Road, Mehfil Shah-i-Khurasan, M A Jinnah Road, Mansfield Street, Preedy Street, M A Jinnah Road, Boulton Market, Bombay Bazar, Kharadar, Nawab Mahabat Khanji Road to Hussainian Iranian Imambargah.

As soon as the procession would start from Nishter Park, all vehicular traffic, coming from the city side, would be diverted to Soldier Bazar Road from the junction of M A Jinnah Road and Dr Dawoodpota Road.

All traffic on Soldier Bazar Road from its junction with Dr Dawoodpota Road up to its junction with Khan Bahadur Naqi Mohammad Khan Road shall flow one-way.

All buses, minibuses and trucks coming from Nazimabad side would be diverted towards Nishter Road towards Zoological Gardens to reach their destinations.

All buses, minibuses and trucks coming from Liaquatabad side would be diverted towards Martin Road towards the Jail side. These vehicles shall, however, be permitted to proceed up to Jail and shall then proceed via Jamshed Road, Dadabhoy Nooroji Road, Kashmir Road, Shahrah-i-Quaideen, Sharea Faisal up to Gora Qabristan and then via Mubarik Shaheed Road, Iqbal Shaheed Road, Lucky Star, Sarwar Shaheed Road, Dr Dawoodpota Road, Preedy Street to their normal route.

When the head of the procession reaches the junction of M A Jinnah Road and Mansfield Street, these vehicles shall proceed straight for 602-EME Workshop, Mubarik Shaheed Road, Iqbal Shaheed Road, Lucky Star, Sarwar Shaheed Road, Fatima Jinnah Road, Maulana Wafai Road (Old Stratchen Road), Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road, M A Jinnah Road till the situation permits when these vehicles shall be diverted to I.I. Chundrigar Road from the junction of Court Road and M.R. Kiyani Road.

Similarly, all buses, minibuses approaching the city from Stadium Road side shall proceed via New M A Jinnah Road. These vehicles shall be diverted at Dadabhoy Noorji Road towards Kashmir Road from its junction with New M A Jinnah Road and Link Road behind Mazar Quaid-i-Azam.

All trucks, buses, minibuses approaching from Superhighway side shall be diverted at Al-Azam Square towards Chowrangi No 2 Nazimabad and shall proceed along Estate Avenue Road, Shershah to Mauripur Road.

For return journey, these vehicles shall proceed via the same route.

All buses, minibuses and trucks approaching from National Highway side shall proceed via Rashid Minhas Road, Stadium Road, Sir Shah Muhammad Suleman Road, Hassan Square, Liaquatabad No 10, Nazimabad Chowrangi No 2, Habib Bank, Manghopir Road, Estate Avenue Road, Sher Shah, Mauripur Road.

For return journey, these vehicles shall also adopt the same route.

All car traffic would not be permitted to proceed towards the route of the procession from Guru Mandir (roundabout). These vehicles shall be diverted towards Bahadur Yar Jang Road and again towards Khan Bahadur Naqi Mohammad Khan Road.

Under no circumstances, these vehicles shall be permitted to proceed along Soldier Bazar Road from the junction of Khan Bahadur Naqi Mohammad Khan Road and Bahadur Yar Jan Road.

All car traffic coming from Quaid-i-Azam Mazar side, along M A Jinnah Road, would be diverted towards Bahadur Yar Jang Road. No vehicular traffic would be permitted to proceed towards Old Exhibition under any circumstances.

All vehicular traffic, approaching Old Exhibition via Shahrah-i-Quaideen (except those arriving for participating in the procession having stickers pasted on their wind-screen issued from the DIG Traffic and Highways) shall not be allowed to proceed from the roundabout of Shahrah-i-Quaideen and Link Road behind Mazar. No bus and minibus and truck would be permitted to proceed beyond this roundabout towards Old Exhibition.

All traffic going towards Saddar and other colonies would not be permitted to proceed towards Empress Market from the junction of Preedy Street and Sarmad Road, Preedy Street and M A Jinnah Road, Shahrah-i-Liaquat and Court Road and Shahrah-i-Liaquat and Mohammad Bin Qasim Road when the head of the procession reaches near the crossing of M A Jinnah Road and Mansfield Street.

Similarly, all vehicular traffic proceeding towards Saddar via M A Jinnah Road side shall not be permitted to proceed from its junction with Preedy Street and Agha Khan Road.

No vehicular traffic shall be permitted to proceed towards M A Jinnah Road from the junction of M A Jinnah Road (Preedy Street) when the procession clears this intersection.

The vehicular traffic on Agha Khan Road from Zoological Garden side shall not be permitted to proceed towards M A Jinnah Road and Agha Khan Road intersection.

The diversion of traffic (buses/minibuses and other heavy traffic vehicles) shall be started well in advance whereas the car traffic shall be diverted as soon as the procession is formed.—APP