{
  "id": 2128992,
  "title": "Roads blocked, traffic congested in Karachi’s PIDC area due to protest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/roads-blocked-traffic-congested-in-karachis-pidc-area-due-to-protest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T12:12:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2024131/roads-blocked-traffic-congested-in-karachis-pidc-area-due-to-protest"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KARACHI: Roads in and around Karachi’s PIDC area were either blocked to traffic or experiencing heavy congestion on Thursday following reports of a protest near the site. According to an update by the traffic police, MT Khan Road was partially closed for traffic. In an alert issued at 4:06pm, the Karachi Traffic Police said that the Sultanabad Traffic Post towards PIDC Chowk and MT Khan Road were…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Roads blocked, traffic congested in Karachi’s PIDC area due to protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/roads-blocked-traffic-congested-in-karachis-pidc-area-due-to-protest-2129137",
        "published": "2026-08-20T12:12:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}