{
  "id": 2144485,
  "title": "Roads blocked, traffic congested in Karachi’s PIDC area due to lawyers' protest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/roads-blocked-traffic-congested-in-karachis-pidc-area-due-to-lawyers-2144485",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T13:21:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2024131/roads-blocked-traffic-congested-in-karachis-pidc-area-due-to-lawyers-protest"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "KARACHI: Due to a protest by lawyers, the roads leading to the Sindh Chief Minister’s House were closed and containers installed in Karachi’s PIDC area on Thursday. As of around 5:40pm, the lawyers’ rally had reached near the Chief Minister’s House, while a heavy police force had been deployed including women police officers. Roads in and around the area were either blocked to traffic or…",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Roads blocked, traffic congested in Karachi’s PIDC area due to lawyers' protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/roads-blocked-traffic-congested-in-karachis-pidc-area-due-to-lawyers",
        "published": "2026-08-20T13:21:40.000Z"
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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."
}