Karachi (HRNW) The Supreme Court wants the authorities to take Karachi’s billboard problem seriously and take strict action against the people responsible for it.
On August 7, two motorcyclists were injured after a billboard collapsed on them near Metropole Chowrangi during the monsoon spell that hit Karachi. An FIR was registered against District Municipal Corporation South Advertising Director Wazir Ali for allowing billboards to be put up in Karachi despite the Supreme Court’s orders.
“Who gives the permission to advertisers to install these billboards?” asked Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed while hearing a case against billboards at the Karachi Registry on Monday. He asked how billboards have been installed on public properties.
“Is there anyone who cares about this city?” the chief justice asked Sindh Advocate-General Salman Talibuddin. Remove the people responsible for it. There are so many billboards near the FTC building on Sharae Faisal. Billboards pose a threat to human lives and they must be removed, the top judge remarked.
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