Sea View to remain open for public on New Year's night.

KARACHI -- The city administration has decided that the Sea View Beach area will remain open for public on New Year's night so that people visiting the beach could enjoy the occasion peacefully.

Roads leading to the sew view beach area will not be closed to let people go to the beach. Special traffic arrangements for the vehicular traffic would be made to avoid traffic congestion. These decisions were taken in a meeting chaired by Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shallwani at his office on Thursday.

The commissioner said the government does not want to stop people from participating in New Year celebrations at Sea View and other places. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has directed the city administration to make special arrangements to let the citizens to go to the beach to enjoy New Year's night. He said the citizens would not be obstructed to enjoy New Year celebrations if celebration were made in a cultured and civilized way.

The meeting also decided to deploy special police to keep watch on the mischievous...