After Islamabad, religious groups block Karachi’s major roads

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Karachi, Nov. 18 (TNS): After Islamabad lockdown, religious group took onto Karachi streets and block major roads.

The Tehreek-e-Labbaik, which blocked the federal capital’s Faizabad Interchange for the last two weeks, also shut down Karachi’s Numaish Chowrangi on Saturday, causing massive gridlocks on the city’s major roads.

The protest has been under way for several hours, blocking to access to MA Jinnah Road.

 

The blockade has caused traffic jams in Saddar and Gurumandir and other surrounding areas. Commuters are stuck in traffic on major thoroughfares of the city including MA Jinnah Road, Shahrah-e-Quaideen, Khalid bin Walid Road, Tariq Road and Kashmir Road.