Tag: Road

At least four people of a family were killed while seven others were injured when a passenger van collided with a trailer at National...

Hundreds of youth from Parachinar and adjoining areas of Upper Kurram Agency, who have been protesting for the last six days in Islamabad against...

MNA Haji Junaid Anwaar Chaudhry has said that Rs 20 million were being spent out of his grant on the construction of different roads...

LAHORE - Huawei UET Telecom IT Center (HUTIC) organised a Huawei Enterprise Solution Road Show at Al-Khawarimi Institute of Computer Science (KICS) and University of Engineering and Technology (UET) on April, 20 2011.
The Huawei Technologies Deputy CEO Collin Hu graced the occasion as Chief Guest, with other Chinese dignitaries and faculty members of universities from all over the Pakistan.
This Road Show is being used as a common platform to understand key requirements

SAHIWAL - One person was killed and another injured in a road accident near Bhutto Nagar the other day. A truck of TMA was removing encroachments. All of a sudden, a motorcycle collided with the truck, resulting in the instant death of Najma Bibi and grievous injuries to Ijaz. The injured was taken to the DHQ hospital for treatment.
PRISONER DIES OF HEART ATTACK: A prisoner died in Central Jail Sahiwal the other day. Prisoner Atif along with his two brothers was facing a murder

GUJRANWALA - Gujranwala Division Commissioner Saeed Wahla has directed Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to complete the project of Sialkot-Gujranwala-Daska road before the start of the rainy season.
He was addressing a meeting to review work on the project on Saturday. The meeting was attended by DCO Barrister Nabil Ahmad Awan, Director Development Anwar Aziz, FWO Project Manager Colonel Sibte Hassan Rana, Colonel Umar, Colonel Imran Zafar, Major Imran, XEN Provincial Highways

ISLAMABAD - Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik Friday told the National Assembly that the government was taking all possible steps to ensure safe travelling on the Parachinar Road which had recently been opened after two years as a result of a peace agreement between two local tribes belonging to different sects.
He was replying to a call attention notice raised by Noor ul Haq Qadri, Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi, Zafar Beg Bhittani and others regarding attack on passenger vehicles

KASUR - The Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has said the Kasur-Depalpur Road project is currently the largest road project of the Punjab government. In a press release, the FWO said it took full advantage of the local expertise, labor, materials and services, adding that this mega road project would bring tremendous benefits for the locals and people of other cities as well. It said the dual road would serve as an important link between Lahore and Multan via Kasur, Khudian and

PESHAWAR - Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani inaugurated the construction of a new road between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday that will go through Bannu-Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan Agency. The CoAS, along with Peshawar Corps Commander Lt General Asif Yaseen Malik, visited the border town in North Waziristan where he was briefed about the project, to be completed in a year at the estimated cost of Rs 5 billion.
Kayani, upon arrival in North

KARACHI - Till four days ago, traders on M.A. Jinnah Road were livid with the government over its failure to curb extortions and looting. The resignation of Dr Zulfiqar Mirza from the post of home minister, however, has changed the mood of the markets: despite very few arrangements to provide extra security or create police pickets in and around markets, many are now willing to allow time to the government to emerge from the political crises it finds itself in.
In a survey

ISLAMABAD - The cash-strapped Ministry of Communications - whose one subsidiary, the National Highway Authority alone needs Rs 600 billion to implement its ongoing projects across the country - has not received a single penny from the government or the US for the approximate damage of$ 1.5 billion inflicted to the national highways infrastructure by NATO trucks.
"We have written numerous letters to the Prime Minister's Secretariat and the Foreign Office since 2009 - months after

KARACHI - The MQM Coordination Committee on Thursday said the growing influence of terrorists belonging to the gang war, who are most active at the Burns Road and Urdu Bazaar areas among other areas of the city, is a cause of serious concern. In a statement, the committee said the gang war terrorists have been given a virtual licence to operate freely in the city and are sending extortion slips to traders, businessmen and shopkeepers without any fear of the law The city of Karachi is

LAHORE - Traffic Headquarters SP Suhail Ahmad Chaudhry paid a surprise visit to the Ring Road on Thursday to check the performance of wardens and review the steps taken by the City Traffic Police for reducing accidents and maintaining the flow of traffic. The SP directed Traffic DSP Saddar Malik Ikram to implement speed limit on Ring Road and ordered to take action against the violators of speed limit without any discrimination. The SP also asked the traffic wardens to ensure plying

HAFIZABAD - At least four people were killed in two road accidents in district Hafizabad. In the first incident, Muhammad Aslam along with his two friends was going to his village on a motorcycle on Chiniot Road.
When they reached village Tibba Shah Behlol, a speedy bus hit their bike, killing all of them instantly. In the second incident, Muhammad Luqman was going home on his motorcycle along with his son Shahzad. When they reached Qatal Ghara Chowk, a van collided with their

KARACHI Four people were killed in road accidents in the city on Monday. Two men were killed in a road mishap in Keamari within the limits of the Jackson police station on Monday. Police said that the two men, Mohammad Saeed, 25, and Naveed Anjum, 20, were on their way on a motorcycle when a truck bearing registration number PNQ 303 hit them near the Ziauddin Hospital.
Saeed was died on the spot and Naveed succumbed to his injuries at the Civil Hospital Karachi. The police have

SAHIWAL - At least two people were killed in a road accident near Yousafwala as a car rammed into a parked truck. Reportedly, a speedy car rammed into a truck parked on the roadside near Yousafwala. Resultantly, Rana Muneer and Rana Shakeel, residents of Chak No 54-2L were killed instantly. Yousafwala police have registered a case and started investigation.

SARGODHA - Sargodha Police have arrested Civil Judge Kamran Ahmad for killing two people in a road accident on Saturday. As per details, Station House Officer (SHO) Chaudhry Azhar Yaqoob said a car and a motorcycle collided on Salanavali Road near Chak No 04 killing two people Anum Bibi and Ahmad Bux whose heirs alleged that Kamran Ahmad was responsible for the accident. According to sources, the civil judge was presented to the magistrate after he presented himself for arrest while