Four held for resisting anti-encroachment drive.

KARACHI -- Four people were arrested for resisting the anti-encroachments action taken by the staff of anti-encroachments department of KMC in district east on Friday.

According to detailsfollowing the directive of the Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar for removal of all sorts of encroachments from main roads, service road and green belts in all six districts of Karachi, the anti-encroachments staff took action around the University Road where many road side stalls, cabins, sugarcane juice machines, concrete walls and other structures were removed near Civic Centre and Chandni Chowk. The action was taken after encroachers were served with many notices to refrain from setting up encroachments at these places, however the anti-encroachments staff led by its senior director Bashir Siddiqui took the action on Friday morning and removed all encroachments around the University Road in district east.

The Additional director anti-encroachments District East Shakir Zaki, deputy director Rehan Siddiqui with Mehmood Siddiqui, Ghulam Mohiuddin and Amin Lakhani performed the action in the presence of area...