detentions<\/a> of multiple organisers.<\/p>\nSubsequently, South Deputy Commissioner (DC) Javed Nabi Khoso granted an NOC to Aurat March Karachi to organise \u201cAurat March in commemoration of Mother\u2019s Day\u201d on Sunday from 3:30pm to 7:30pm.<\/p>\n
The NOC cited a letter of no objection written by the South senior superintendent of police (SSP) to DC Khoso on May 4, the day after Aurat March shared their letter to Aseefa. It listed a total of 28 conditions and restrictions that the organisers and participants were to abide by.<\/p>\n
According to the NOC, Aurat March organisers are \u201cbound to comply with all laws in force\u201d and shall be responsible for the \u201cinternal cordon security of the participants\u201d.<\/p>\n
It further stated that \u201call participants\/organisers shall ensure peaceful conduct\u201d during the march.<\/p>\n
The NOC prohibited \u201canti-state slogans, banners, speeches or activities\u201d, as well as \u201canti-religion slogans, placards or objectionable remarks\u201d. It also ordered that \u201cno hateful, provocative, unethical or anti-social content shall be displayed on charts, banners or flexes\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cParticipation, support or representation by any banned outfit \/proscribed organisation such as BYC (Baloch Yakjehti Committee), JQSM (Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz) shall strictly not be allowed,\u201d the NOC read.<\/p>\n
The district administration also ordered participants not to \u201cwear objectionable clothing\u201d or carry out \u201cpromotion for the LGBTQ\u201d community, which includes transgender persons.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo sectarian\/objectionable activity\/speech shall be allowed which causes or creates hatred amongst the various groups or may provoke or injure feelings of the people,\u201d the NOC stated.<\/p>\n
The district administration barred speakers at Aurat March from delivering any speech \u201cagainst the \u2018ideology of Pakistan\u2019 or policies of the state\u201d. It further prohibited speakers from speaking against the armed forces or spreading \u201chatred among communities [and] extremism\u201d.<\/p>\n
Aurat March organisers were further told to ensure compliance with law and order standard operating procedures (SOP) and to cooperate with law enforcement agencies and district administration throughout the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo obstruction and disturbance shall be caused to the general public and traffic, especially thoroughfares\/main arteries shall be cleared from any hindrance,\u201d the NOC\u2019s 12th condition read.<\/p>\n
The NOC mandated Aurat March to strictly follow the Loudspeakers Ordinance and confine entry\/exit points to one location.<\/p>\n
It further told the organisers to have volunteers conduct physical searches of the participants and ensure they pass through walkthrough gates, alongside using metal and explosive detectors.<\/p>\n
\u201cBomb Disposal Squad shall carry out technical sweeping of the premises and hand over the venue to the organiser, who will depute volunteers covering the backside of the stage entry\/exit location and parking lots,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cParking lots shall be established at least 200 yards away from the main venue and volunteers shall be deployed for smooth parking,\u201d the NOC read, adding that vehicles entering the parking lots shall be scanned\/searched thoroughly.<\/p>\n
As per the NOC, Aurat March Karachi was \u201csolely responsible in case of any mishap viz law and order situation, dispute of route\/venue or any kind of security\u201d, adding that it was to \u201cface the legal consequences at own risk and cost\u201d.<\/p>\n
The NOC directed the organisers to \u201cabide by the orders of the police officers concerned\u201d.<\/p>\n
It further told the Aurat March organisers to follow instructions from law enforcement agencies and the district administration \u201cin letter [and] in spirit, who may change the route or venue, if required or may ask to wind up the programme before time\u201d.<\/p>\n
The organisers, the NOC said, were bound to brief the SSHP and station house officer (SHO) concerned about the \u201ccomplete nature of the event, regarding security and also share the list of volunteers\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo aerial firing and drug\/alcohol is allowed during said event,\u201d the NOC stated, warning that the permission could be cancelled \u201cwithout assigning any reason\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI: The Sindh government has issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) to Aurat March Karachi for their planned gathering on Sunday at Sea View, but with 28 conditions, including restrictions on the content of slogans raised, it emerged on Saturday. The march is planned to be held at Sea View on Mother\u2019s Day (May 10, 2026), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}