DIG Traffic Police, Zafar Bukhari, said that traffic police was going to launch a crackdown against growing traffic violations very soon. Speaking at a dinner hosted by Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) in the honor of Acting IG Police, Ghulam Shabbir Shaikh, he informed the business community that traffic violations and personal records of every individual could be computerized with the co-operation of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) and Excise and Taxation Department in order to curb traffic violations and accidents.
He said that in order to reduce traffic jams in Korangi Industrial Area, a team of traffic police headed by section officer would be deployed so that heavy traffic to and from industrial areas could be regulated. To a question he said that Supreme Court had already ordered to curb the menace of public transport plying on the roads without number plates, fitness certificates and tinted glasses, adding that traffic police was complying with the order of the apex court and submitting weekly report in this regard.
He said that with the limited traffic police force and massive number of vehicles plying on roads it was not possible to check traffic violations effectively in the city. Patron In-Chief of KATI, S M Muneer, said that the law and order situation of Karachi was worsening and if this backbone of the Pakistan's economy collapsed the entire country might not survive. He once again called upon the government to invoke Article 245 of the constitution to call Army for restoring peace.