{"id":9165,"date":"2026-08-03T10:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=9165"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:29:03","slug":"karachi-lacks-mass-transit-system-resulting-in-4-6-million-motorcycles-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=9165","title":{"rendered":"Karachi Lacks Mass Transit System, Resulting in 4.6 Million Motorcycles: Police Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karachi:<\/strong> Additional Inspector General (AIG) <strong>Azaad Khan<\/strong> has said that the absence of an effective public transport system in Karachi has led to the widespread use of motorcycles, with around <strong>4.6 million motorcycles<\/strong> currently on the city&#8217;s roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a ceremony in Karachi, the police chief said the region continues to face security threats due to terrorism, but law enforcement agencies remain vigilant in maintaining public safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He acknowledged that <strong>street crime<\/strong> and <strong>extortion<\/strong> remain major challenges for the city. Referring to the issue of beggars, he remarked that Karachi attracts them because of its generous population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIG Azaad Khan also stated that there are <strong>no longer any &#8220;no-go areas&#8221;<\/strong> in Karachi, adding that police are conducting operations across the city without restriction. He said a criminal group allegedly involved in recent street crime incidents had been successfully targeted through police action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police chief highlighted ongoing efforts to strengthen <strong>community policing<\/strong> and combat <strong>drug-related crimes<\/strong>, emphasizing the department&#8217;s commitment to improving public security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stressed the need to modernize the police force through technology, describing the <strong>Safe City Project<\/strong> as essential for Karachi. He noted that the city had fallen behind in implementing the initiative and said that while <strong>2,000 additional surveillance cameras<\/strong> are being installed in the second phase of the project, the number is still insufficient for a city of Karachi&#8217;s size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIG Azaad Khan also pointed to deficiencies in <strong>traffic engineering<\/strong> and <strong>road maintenance<\/strong>, saying these issues, combined with the lack of a reliable mass transit system, have contributed significantly to the heavy dependence on motorcycles for daily transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He emphasized that improving public transport infrastructure and expanding technology-based policing measures would play a vital role in enhancing traffic management, public safety, and overall urban governance in Karachi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Additional Inspector General (AIG) Azaad Khan has said that the absence of an effective public transport system in Karachi has led to the widespread..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leading"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439286_4847979_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439286_4847979_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439286_4847979_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439286_4847979_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439286_4847979_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439286_4847979_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439286_4847979_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=4\" rel=\"category\">Leading<\/a>","tag_info":"Leading","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9167,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9165\/revisions\/9167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}