Tag: Traffic

Encroachment in Chaklala Cantt causing traffic mess

Encroachments in Chaklala Cantt are causing frequent traffic jams in the area during Iftar time, with the transporters demanding the authorities take notice of...

Traffic wardens to be provided Iftar

Traffic wardens will be provided Iftari on their deployment points during Ramadan in order to ensure a smooth flow of traffic. More than 1,300...

Refresher courses arranged for traffic police

Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) arranged refresher courses for the cops to improve their skills and make them public friendly. As many as 45 cops...

Transporters complain about traffic jams

The Karachi Transport Association (KTA) has urged the Police Department to take necessary measures for smooth traffic flow at all busy thoroughfares of the...

Begging at traffic signals on the rise

The number of beggars is increasing in the federal capital while children and women can be seen at every traffic signal asking for alms....

Traffic warden abducted freed later

Misri Shah Police arrested a scrap dealer, accused of kidnapping an on-duty traffic warden from Cop Store Chowk on Thursday. A case was also...

Cathay Pacific releases combined traffic figures for June 2011

Cathay Pacific Airways has released combined Cathay Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures forJune 2011 that show a year-on-year increase in passenger numbers alongside a...

Maradona hurt in traffic accident

Argentine football icon Diego Maradona was slightly hurt Monday when the car he was driving collided with a bus on the outskirts of Buenos...

KPT traffic grinds to a halt after pilots’ strike

The ship traffic at Karachi Port has come to a complete halt owing to a strike called by Karachi Port Trust’s pilots protesting a...

LHC summons home secretary, chief traffic officer

The Lahore High Court on Monday summoned Punjab home secretary and Lahore’s chief traffic officer (CTO) on July 11 on city trader’s petition against...

Traffic crisis as Railways closes 5 train crossings

Pakistan Railways (PR) on Saturday shut down 5 train crossings in Wahga, Crescent and Dharampura areas of provincial capital after Punjab Highways Department failed...

Traffic jams choke Main Boulevard Garden Town

Various commuting problems and a lack of traffic planning have resulted in frequent traffic jams on Main Boulevard, Garden Town, Pakistan Today has learnt....

Massive traffic jam on Canal Road irks citizens

Traffic flow remained suspended for hours on both sides of canal on Thursday evening as the activists of Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) blocked the...

SMS traffic up 16%

Short Messaging Service (SMS) is one of the significant features of cellular mobile services and a 16 percent increase in SMS traffic was witnessed...

Air traffic almost normal as Icelandic volcano settles

Air traffic disruption triggered by the eruption of Iceland's Grimsvoetn volcano was reduced to parts of Norway and Sweden Thursday, as the last spits...

Traffic Police launches ‘Accidents Prevention Campaign’

Prevention Campaign initiated by Traffic Police in Lahore was meeting its objectives as the Traffic Police had registered cases against 72 vehicles violating...

CCTV to be installed at traffic signals by June

Rawalpindi Commissioner Zahid Saeed has said that CCTV cameras would be installed at traffic signals till June to stop increasing car theft cases. In wake...