Plan to empower Karachi wardens to impose fines for wrong-way driving

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KARACHI: In view of the alarming rise in traffic accidents involving motorcyclists, many of whom drive the wrong way, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has decided to empower its city wardens with the authority to impose hefty fines on those caught driving in the wrong direction on city roads.