Karachi site visitors plan issued for twelfth int’l defence exhibition

Traffic moves under a bridge displaying a banner from the monsoon tree plantation campaign in Karachi, Pakistan on July 5, 2022. — Reuters
Site visitors strikes below a bridge displaying a banner from the monsoon tree plantation marketing campaign in Karachi, Pakistan on July 5, 2022. — Reuters

Karachi Site visitors Police issued on Saturday a complete site visitors diversion plan for the upcoming twelfth version of the Worldwide Defence Exhibition and Seminar (Concepts) 2024. 

The exhibition, which will probably be held on the Karachi Expo Heart from November 19 to 22, will characteristic a show of contemporary defence tools and weapons techniques.

Through the worldwide exhibition, Sir Shah Muhammad Suleman Highway from Hassan Sq. to Stadium will probably be closed from 7am to 7pm, stated Deputy Inspector Common Site visitors Police Karachi Ahmed Nawaz. 

In the meantime, the roads connecting College Highway and Stadium Highway to Expo Centre will stay closed from November 19-22. He added that small automobiles will probably be allowed on roads across the Expo Centre whereas heavy site visitors will stay off limits. 

The DIG stated that the roads linked to Expo may also stay closed from 7am to 7pm together with Hassan Sq. Flyover to Nationwide Stadium Highway. 

The police additionally stated the highway main from Dalmia Highway Stadium Sign to Hassan Sq. from the best facet will probably be closed, including that the highway coming from Nipa, College Highway and passing from Expo’s left may also be closed. 

In the meantime, all heavy and industrial automobiles together with water tankers coming from Sharea Faisal will probably be banned from getting into Karsaz Highway and will probably be allowed to maneuver from Drigh Highway. 

Heavy and industrial site visitors may also be banned from Rashid Minhas Highway to Stadium Highway, stated the police. They added that the site visitors will probably be diverted to Sharea Faisal and Nipa Chowrangi from Askari 4.

Nonetheless, the site visitors is not going to be allowed to move from Nipa and Jail Chowrangi to Hassan Sq. and will probably be allowed to make use of Shaheed-e-Millat Highway or Teen Hatti Highway. 

The site visitors police stated that the heavy and industrial site visitors is not going to be allowed to make use of College Highway to Stadium Highway and will probably be diverted in the direction of PP Chowrangi and Shaheed-e-Millat Highway.

Furthermore, heavy and industrial site visitors is not going to be allowed to go from Liaquatabad No 10 to Hassan Sq. and will probably be diverted in the direction of Teen Hatti. 

The persons are suggested to take the route from Gharibabad to Shara Faisal or Hassan Sq. and Nipa to go to Sir Shah Suleman Highway.

What’s going to occur in Concepts?

The worldwide exhibition will characteristic a show of contemporary defence tools and weapons techniques manufactured by Pakistan and main international corporations, showcasing the improvements in defence and safety applied sciences.

The exhibition will probably be organised by the Defence Export Promotion Organisation (DEPO), below the aegis of the Ministry of Defence and Defence Manufacturing, aiming to advertise Pakistan’s defence trade internationally.

The occasion will probably be attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, defence exhibitors, high-level authorities authorities, diplomats, safety analysts, merchants, presidents of the Chambers of Commerce and Business, media representatives, and high-level policymakers.

Specializing in defence manufacturing and exports, IDEAS 2024 aligns with the precedence sectors recognized by the Particular Funding Facilitation Council (SIFC), offering a platform for worldwide companions to showcase their capabilities, the state-run PTV reported.

By way of worldwide participation, 532 corporations from 38 nations had exhibited their defence tools within the IDEAS 2022.

The earlier version of the defence exhibition was attended by 350 delegates from 57 nations, in addition to high-level delegations headed by defence ministers, defence secretaries and heads of armed forces.