KARACHI: A major operation is planned today against encroachments in the streets of Karachi which will begin at 03:00 PM.
Acco
rding to media
reports, the director of Anti-encroachment has announced that the operation would cleans
e the streets of Karachi from illegal vendors.
Acco
rding to a rough estimate, there are 300,000 vendors in Karachi. Moreover, there are also
reports that parking areas at the city centre are run entirely by parking mafias who charge at will.
In a meeting held at the Chief Minister House earlier this week, it was revealed that each vendor pays Rs 150 everyday to influential people including police officials and political workers.
Karachi has seen
hundreds of similar operations sinc
e the last two y
ears but vendors and parking mafias reemerge.
The last two years have seen
hundreds of similar operations in the city but vendors and parking mafia re-emerge.