Tag: Traffic

PESHAWAR - Keeping in view the frequent blockade of roads and increasing flow of vehicles, a high level meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti on Wednesday, approved at least 11 mega projects.
The meeting was also attended by senior ministers Rahim Dad Khan and Bashir Ahmad Bilour, Sports and Tourism Minister Syed Aqil Shah, Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Chief Secretary Ghulam Dastgir Akhtar, Peshawar Development Authority (PDA)

LAHORE - The City Traffic Police have constituted five special squads on Emergency Police 15's pattern to curb wheelies across the city. Capital City Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) SSP Syed Ahmed Mobin directed the divisional superintendents to supervise these squads and ensure implementation of
fresh directives.
In an official communique issued on Saturday, the CTO also directed the senior traffic wardens to completely swipe the practice by launching a crackdown against the

Lahore - The City Traffic Police on Friday launched its official website to facilitate citizens, who can now access the website (www.ctplahore.gop.pk). Lahore Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Syed Ahmad Mobin said that the citizens could get information about traffic rules and regulation, traffic sectors, details of the banks where fines could be paid and other details on the website.
Mobin said that it was very important for motorists to go through basic traffic rules to avoid

Lahore - The City Traffic Police (CTP) has announced a massive crackdown from 1st March onwards against drivers without traffic licenses. The Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) SSP Syed Ahmed Mobin has commanded DSPs, circle in-charges and senior traffic wardens to launch a crackdown against the violators without any discrimination. DSP Licensing Ali Iftikhar Jaffery said CTP has standardized licensing method according to international standards.
"Four learners' booths have been

FAISALABAD - The city government has put in place an effective mechanism to resolve the longstanding traffic chaos in its endeavour to introduce a standardised, disciplined and a systematic traffic culture in the city. It was revealed by Divisional Commissioner Tahir Hussain while presiding over a meeting of District Traffic Management Committee (DTMC).
The members of the committee were assured by the commissioner that all necessary steps were being taken to regulate the flow of

KARACHI - Stringent measures, to curb the grey traffic of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), are likely to spur a 1.1 percent rise in Long Distance International (LDI) revenues of PTCL in the Financial Year 2011.
This rise, subsequently, is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.1 percent from FY10 to FY13, while different monitoring measures have already improved LDI traffic on PTCL's network - forcing a 26 percent annual rise in FY10 revenues. LDI

FAISALABAD - The city government, as a part of its plan to expand roads, has approved a landmark project to relieve the massive traffic jams at Abdullahpur Chowk and the surrounding areas. The project includes construction of three underpasses beneath Tariqa bad overhead bridge leading to Chak Jhumra Road at a cost of Rs 1.25 billion which will be completed in eight months.
The underpasses project is a part of the continued campaign by the city government under DCO Nasim Sadiq to

KARACHI - The city's traffic police in connivance with some private contractors are causing gross inconvenience to the citizens by lifting their vehicles from different locations allegedly over illegal parking without informing the owners. Most of the time, the vehicle owners are shocked on their return when they see that their vehicle is missing from the place where they had parked it, according to a survey conducted by Pakistan Today.
The traffic police personnel accompanied

GUJRANWALA - Gujranwala Chief Traffic Officer Makhdoom Qaisar Bashir has warned encroachers to remove encroachments in a week otherwise an operation cleanup will have to be launched.
Addressing a meeting of Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), he said an educational wing had been established for traffic awareness, adding a traffic campaign would be started in the city soon. The GCCI president chaired the meeting while senior members and traffic officials were also

KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza on Tuesday directed the Traffic Police Department to ensure smooth traffic flow in the metropolis. The directive was issued to the Karachi DIG Traffic after frequent news reports of traffic jams in the city during the past 10 days.
A Home Department spokesman stated that the minister had asked the DIG to raise the issue seriously with the Traffic Engineering Department and other officials related while preparing a working paper to

LAHORE - National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) N-5 Central conducted a special patrolling in N-5 Central Zone to ensure enforcement against illegal use of LED Lights, wrong use of indicators and vehicles without tail lights on Sunday. According to a handout issued on Sunday DIG NHMP N-5 Central Syed Ibne Hussain personally monitored the special patrolling and forwarded different instructions to the patrol officers.
During monitoring, DIG stopped at different places to

LAHORE - Three citizens Rizwan, Usman and Zeeshan were beaten up by traffic wardens at Bhati Gate Chowk on Sunday. Subsequently, the wardens registered an FIR against them in the Bhati Gate police station.
The wardens alleged that Rizwan got into a physical quarrel with traffic warden, Sanaullah, after violating one-way regulations and hitting the warden with his car in the Bhati Chowk area. Sources, however, contended that Rizwan was beaten up by wardens and was injured badly

LAHORE - Traffic remained congested in the city owing to rallies organised by Jamat-ud-Dawa, a banned religious outfit, and Jamat-e-Islami on Saturday. The Mall and its adjoining roads were closed for the general public before the rallies' commencement. Jamat-ud-Dawa workers took hold of The Mall on the preceding night to hang their banners and flags.
Rallies started from the Nasir Bagh and headed to the Faisal Square, where both rallies turned into a congregation. Roads

FAISALABAD - The city traffic police in coordination with Honda Atlas Company started a traffic awareness programme titled 'Roshan Punjab campaign' for motor cyclists. The safety campaign was started to convey a message to motorcyclists that they should not risk their life or the life of others by riding a motorcycle with faulty lights at night.
The campaign sponsored by Honda Atlas offered motorcyclists to bring their motorcycles with faulty lights at the Honda camp at

LAHORE - Traffic remain choked at various roads of the city on Sunday, as religious parties organised a rally against proposed amendments in the blasphemy law from the Nasir Bagh to the Chairing Cross. Motorists were irked by blockades placed on main arteries of the rally's route, which caused severe problems for commuters in reaching their destinations.
All kinds of transport were abandoned on the rally's route and almost half of the Walled City was cordoned of due to security

SIALKOT - The Sialkot civic departments have miserably failed to resolve traffic problems. Traffic mess on almost every road is still an unresolved problem and this speaks of professional incompetence and negligence of the department. Traffic jams have now become a routine feature.
It also irritates and frustrates people especially those travelling in an emergency. One can witness worst traffic situations at peak hours on Kutchery Road, Paris Road, Chowk Allama Iqbal, Railway

LAHORE - On the directions of National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP) Inspector General Dr Wasim Kausar, a 'public-friendly-policing-campaign' will be arranged in sector M-2 (south) and M-3 today from 1500 to 1900 hrs.
During the campaign, extra patrolling and briefing officers will be deployed on the motorway to educate road users regarding road safety, in a friendly manner. During the campaign hours, violators will not be issued fine tickets but will be briefed regarding