{"id":15052,"date":"2025-07-28T12:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=15052"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:05:07","slug":"karachi-traffic-police-cracks-down-on-illegal-parking-fees-collectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=15052","title":{"rendered":"Karachi traffic police cracks down on illegal parking fees collectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Karachi authorities continued enforcing the citywide free parking policy as a Karachi traffic warden team took action on Shahrah-e-Faisal, arresting three individuals for illegally collecting parking fees.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were caught red-handed and handed over to the police. A case has been registered at Bahadurabad Police Station, and legal proceedings are underway.<\/p>\n<p>Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab has instructed inspection teams to conduct regular checks and ensure full compliance with the free parking decision.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that no compromise will be made on public interest and that implementation of the policy must be guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Sindh government abolished parking charges on all roads across Karachi\u2019s 25 towns, according to a notification issued by the local government department.<\/p>\n<p>The move followed directives from Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and formed part of a broader parking policy aimed at ensuring free public parking citywide.<\/p>\n<p>A major relief for Karachiites by the Sindh Government!<br \/>\nFree parking announced across the city on the directives of CM Sindh.<br \/>\nLocal government instructed all towns for immediate implementation. pic.twitter.com\/6YdxUfWnmh<br \/>\n\u2014 Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (@KmcPakistan) July 25, 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProviding free parking to citizens was a top priority,\u201d said Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab, adding that the decision was taken in the public interest and that the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) remained financially stable.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi authorities continued enforcing the citywide free parking policy as a Karachi traffic warden team took action on Shahrah-e-Faisal, arresting three individuals for illegally collecting parking fees. The suspects were caught red-handed and handed over to the police. A case has been registered at Bahadurabad Police Station, and legal proceedings are underway. Karachi Mayor Murtaza [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}