Tag: Road

GUJRANWALA - Gujranwala Divisional Commissioner Saeed Iqbal Wahla has asked Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to submit a comprehensive report on the construction of 4.75-kilometer-long Garjakh Road and directed Gujranwala Development Authority (GDA) to clear the bills of FWO for the projects completed by it. He was presiding over a meeting at the circuit house to review the development schemes of the city. MNA Khurram Dastgir Khan, DCO Nabil Awan, Director Development Anwar Aziz,

LAHORE - Bhogiwal Road, an important artery of Northern Lahore falling in the NA-123 constituency, a citadel of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has been under construction for the last two years making residents' life miserable. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif laid the foundation stone of the road on September 9, 2008, but failed to follow up on its pace of construction. The 3.4-km-long Bhogiwal Road, located in Baghbanpura near Shalamar Garden, a main approach-road linking

LAHORE - Travelling down the Canal Road is one experience that people visiting Lahore can never forget. A row of trees, antique, and gracefully aging, line the edges of the smooth wide road. People lounge on the mounds of green zones on either side, under the canopy of the tall poplar and eucalyptus trees.
In the middle of the road, flows the canal, or 'neher' as it is known popularly. Glistening in the sunlight, its waters rippling gently, the canal, gives the visage of Lahore's

LONDON - Abbey Road Studios in London, where the Beatles recorded most of their hits, has launched a global anthem competition to mark its 80th anniversary this year.
The studios, opened in 1931 by composer Edward Elgar with a performance of his patriotic song "Land of Hope and Glory," are looking for original, undiscovered writers who will compete for the chance to record their compositions at Abbey Road.
The winning anthems will be recorded in Studio One, home to the

KARACHI - Students from class I to IV in the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) schools will be taught about road safety, emergency, disaster and rescue issues in their curriculum. A sub-committee has also been formed by the CDGK's Transport and Communication Department (TCD) while the CDGK will be supported by the NED University faculty and the Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Traffic.
According to the minutes of a recently held meeting, the TCD executive district officer

KARACHI - The City District Government Karachi (CDGK)'s two-day public awareness campaign on road safety will start today (Wednesday). According to a notification issued by the CDGK's Transport and Communication Department (TCD) on Tuesday, the campaign is being held at problematic spots in the city for raising awareness on traffic and road safety. The campaign would be launched at PECHS College main bus stop on Wednesday 10 am, while on Thursday it would be launched at the same time

LAHORE - The The Lahore Bachao Tehreek protested against the tree felling on Ferozepur Road, on Tuesday at the Lahore Press Club. They stated that it was a sad day in the history of Lahore. Activists, town planners and architects led the protest. Among them were Imrana Tiwana, Lt Col (r) Ejaz Ahmed Nazim and others who have been involved in opposing tree felling along the Canal Road in order to widen the road.
They expressed their rage at the felling of trees on Ferozpur Road,

GUJRANWALA - Three brothers were killed instantly after a road accident at Pasrur Road. Reportedly, Nasir, Shahid and Gulraiz were coming from Talwandi Musa Khan to Gujranwala on a motorcycle. When they reached near village Gaggarkay, a speedy passenger van crushed them to death. A large number of villagers gathered there and informed the police about the incident. Rescue 1122 also reached the spot and shifted their dead bodies to the district headquarters hospital.

LAHORE - The four-year-old filly Quality Road left everyone high and dry to claim the Pakistan Derby 2011, earning more than Rs 150,000 in prize money and winning the trophy for its owner Syed Ismial Shah. Rider Ghulam Shabbir II and trainer Mohammad Rafiq were behind Quality Road's win, as she covered the 12 furlong distance in two minutes and 35 seconds, the best time since 1986. The favourites were up to the task on Sunday as no major upset was witnessed except in a few races.

KINSHASA - Two years ago, Papa Ricky slept in the streets of the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, but an album by a band he leads has opened the way to wealth for some handicapped Congolese musicians.
"Now I have a home of my own!" exclaims Papa Ricky in the house being built for him in Kinshasa. Papa Ricky Likabu, 58, heads Benda Bilili, which has gone in a few years from being a street group of handicapped people to a touring band with a successful first album, "Tres,

RIO DE JANEIRO - A truck and a bus collided in the southern state of Santa Catarina Saturday, killing at least 22 people as Brazil celebrated Carnival, Folha de Sao Paulo reported.
Police told the daily the bus was carrying 47 passengers when it struck a truck near the town of Descanso, 690 kilometers (430 miles) west of the state capital of Florianopolis near Brazil's border with Argentina.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known. Santa Catarina police did not

LAHORE - Four men of a family died while another sustained critical injuries when a truck crashed into trees due to a broken tyre-rod on Bedian Road in the Kahna Police precincts on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Shamoon Masih, Niamat Masih, Haneef Masih and Nadeem Masih while the injured was identified as Sharafat Masih. The victims were residents of Manawala village.

KARACHI - The religious minorities of Sindh have termed the assassination of Federal Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti 'the end of the road for religious minorities in Pakistan' as they are no longer safe in the country.
Representative organisations of Hindus - the largest religious minority in Pakistan - announced celebrating their religious festival Shivaratri on Wednesday evening with simplicity to mourn the minister's murder.
Talking to Pakistan Today, Pakistan

HAFIZABAD - At least six people were deprived of Rs 128,000 on Sukheki-Sangla Hill Road as the area had been turned into a haven for looters. Reportedly, landlord Shoukat Ali, a resident of village Mochiwala, was coming from Sangla Hill to Sukheki on his car.
When he reached near Rattian Railway Station, five unknown armed dacoits stopped him at gunpoint and snatched thousands of rupees and a mobile phone.
The dacoits also looted thousands of rupees and mobile phones from

SAHIWAL - A man died in a road accident after being hit by a car. Reportedly, a man was crossing Arifwala Road near Chak No 114-9L when a speedy car hit and killed him instantly.
10-Year-Old Boy Electrocuted: A 10-year-old boy was electrocuted when he accidentally touched an electric wire. Reportedly, a ten-year-old boy Adnan, a resident of Chak No 100-9L, was playing near an electric motor. He touched an electric wire of the motor accidentally and died instantly.

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Latif Khosa's daughter-in-law died while her sister was injured when their car overturned near the Sheikhupura Interchange on the Motorway on Monday. The deceased was identified as Hina Saeed while her injured sister was identified as Sana Saeed, both residents of the PCSIR Housing Society.
According to National Highways & Motorways Police (NH&MP) officials, Hina was coming to Lahore from Islamabad along with her sister Sana, who was driving a car bearing

LAHORE - Traffic remained clogged at the Canal road near Punjab University campus on Monday as the road from the University was blocked for traffic due to road carpeting. Commuters got irked by the traffic mess as they had to halt at the road for long hours.
A traffic jam was witnessed near Garden Town underpass, University underpass, Barket market, Faisal Town and other adjoining areas. The road was blocked for the regular traffic from the University campus till Shah Di Khoi as