Home Minister Sindh Manzoor Wasan has ordered for a ban on pillion riding (double sawari) from 8th April, 2012 (Sunday). The ban will be effective from 8:00 AM PST (Pakistan Standard Time).
The notification has been issued in this regard. The ban on pillion riding will be in place for one month. According to Home Ministry the ban has been imposed because of law and order situation in the city. In the recent few days many people have been killed in target killing incidents and many of these killings has been done by pillion riders.
A man living in North Karachi has criticised this decision of pillion riding ban and has said that this ban has been imposed to stop the 10th April strike of Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI).