Overview
- Containers and barricades remain in place at key choke points including the PIDC Bridge and Mai Kolachi crossing, restricting general traffic to the consulate area.
- Access on select stretches is limited to residents and office workers who show national identity cards, with police and Rangers deployed in shifts.
- Major arteries such as MT Khan Road, the route from PIDC to Jinnah Bridge, and approaches from Jinnah Bridge toward Mai Kolachi stay closed, forcing citywide diversions.
- II Chundrigar Road continues to face heavy congestion as traffic from Tower and other corridors is rerouted, and authorities are directing motorists to alternate paths.
- The Sindh government has constituted a joint investigation team to probe the consulate breach and related violence, while local reports vary on fatalities, citing 10 to 11 dead and dozens with gunshot wounds.