In order to make the security foolproof for Pakistan Day Parade, heavy traffic will not be allowed to enter Rawalpindi city on Wednesday.
According to City Traffic Officer (CTO) Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Shoaib Khurram Janbaz, all the traffic police officers have been directed to work hard and make all out efforts to regulate traffic on the roads, particularly on Pakistan Day.
He said heavy traffic coming from Lahore and Murree via GT Road and Murree Road would be stopped from entering the city.
Under the traffic plan issued by the city traffic police, Faizabad will remain closed for all kind of vehicular traffic and vehicles going towards Islamabad will be diverted to Cricket Stadium Road.
The officer told heavy vehicles, including buses, trucks and trailers, coming from Lahore would be stopped at Gujrat, Kharian, Jhelum and Rawat. Public transport vehicles coming from Murree will not be allowed to move towards the capital city from Lower Topa, Satra Mile toll plaza.
424 traffic wardens and officers would be deployed to regulate traffic on the roads. Traffic from Faizabad interchange to Rawaplindi and Islamabad will remain suspended, he said.
All the traffic on Murree Road towards Islamabad will be directed to use diversion point of Double Road Chowk and enter Islamabad through 9th Avenue.
Whereas, the traffic coming from Koral Chowk will use Khanna Pull Service Road to enter Islamabad, after passing through Shamsabad via Double Road and 9th Avenue.
He informed that Motorway and National High Way police had been requested not to allow heavy traffic coming from Peshawar to enter the city and should be stopped at Attock Bridge, Harow Bridge, Margalla, Taxila and Chungi No. 26.