KARACHI: The city administration has imposed a ban on all sorts of wall chalking and graffiti on public places as well as private structures within the territorial remit of Karachi Division.

A notification issued by Commissioner Navid Ahmed Shaikh said that the ban on wall chalking had been imposed on the request of the municipal commissioner of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC).

It said that the MC of KMC had invited attention towards wall chalking and graffiti on public places as well as private structures being carried out by various political, religious, business and community groups.

The commissioner directed action against the violators of the ban.

Published in Dawn, September 5th, 2021

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