Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has made random drug testing mandatory for drivers of both heavy and light vehicles across the province.
In a high-level meeting held in Karachi to address the city’s growing traffic issues, the chief minister also restricted speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour for heavy transport vehicles (HTVs) operating within Karachi.
The meeting was attended by provincial ministers Saeed Ghani, Mukesh Kumar Chawla, and Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, along with Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab, Inspector General (IG) Police Ghulam Nabi Memon, Principal Secretary Agha Wasif, Home Secretary Iqbal Memon, Commissioner Karachi Hassan Naqvi, Additional IG Javed Alam Odho, Secretary Excise Saleem Rajput, Secretary Transport Asad Zamin, DIG Driving Licence Iqbal Dara, DIG Traffic Peer Muhammad Shah and other relevant officials.
CM Murad expressed deep concern over the rising number of road accidents, calling them intolerable and tragic, saying that mothers are losing their children.
He ordered traffic and district police to work jointly, saying: “I want road accidents to be prevented, not just reported.”
The Sindh IG briefed the meeting on the city’s traffic enforcement statistics for 2024, stating that over 1.6 million challans were issued, collecting fines worth Rs1.336 billion.
