Pillion riding banned in Karachi, other districts in the wake of Harzat Hussain's chehlum

The pillion riding will be restricted on September 28, 29 and 30 (18th, 19th and 20th Safar), says a notification issued by the Sindh home department.

Accoridng to the notification, Sindh inspector general of police Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar and the Pakistan Rangers Sindh have notified the risks of attacks by "miscreants" on and near religious activities such as chehlum majalis and processions, and recommended the imposition of a ban on pillion riding on the occasion.

In line with the above mentioned risks, the government has restricted pillion riding in different districts and zones of Sindh with the following schedule.

The pillion riding will remain banned in all districts of Karachi, including South, Keamari, East, Central and West, on September 28 and 29.

In Hyderabad district, pillion riding will be banned in Hyderabad, Dadu, Jamshoro and Thatta on both the dates, and on September 29 in Matiari and Sujawal, Mirpurkhas, Sukkur and Ghotki.

In Khairpur, the ban will be imposed only on September 27 and in Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar and Larkana on September 29.