Tag: Vehicles

KARACHI - Reacting to the recent increase in Petrol Oil and Lubricants (POL) prices, Karachi-based transporters have taken at least 2,000 public buses and coaches off the roads, sources have informed Pakistan Today.
Moreover, the Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) has also convened an emergency meeting of all the stakeholders on Monday to announce a wheel-jam strike, discuss the government's decision and chalk out future course of action. Transporters said that if the government

ISLAMABAD - Around Rs 27 million of the public exchequer was used for fuel and maintenance of 53 vehicles and inland tours of the top officials of the Ministry of Environment during 2008-10, the Upper House was told on Friday. According to details, over Rs 8 million were spent on fuel and more than Rs 3 million on maintenance of 53 vehicles of the main ministry, which excludes all attached departments, during 2008-9, while over Rs 8.5 million was spent on fuel and Rs 4 million on the

ISLAMABAD - The government remains ambivalent on reducing duty and other taxes on the import of bulletproof vehicles amid serious threats to the life of prominent politicians and religious leaders of the country from terrorists.
According to sources in the ministries of Interior and Finance, the proposal to reduce duty and taxes was forwarded by Senator Waqar Ahmad Khan a few months ago after he received threats when as a federal minister. Waqar, as privatisation minister, had

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken note of the fact that a number of retired officers are using official vehicles without authorisation while a large number of employees i.e. gardeners, drivers and police constables are also serving them. Similarly, the serving officers are using vehicles and services of such employees beyond their entitlement.
Punjab CM has directed that all administrative secretaries, heads of attached departments; autonomous,

GUJRANWALA - Gujranwala Health Department has six field vans, four ambulances at the districts headquarters hospital and a large number of other new vehicles that are rusting at the district health officer's office while the authorities are inquiring an embezzlement of Rs 2.8 million as well.
Reportedly, the provincial government provided 15 luxurious vehicles to local health authorities out of which one landcruiser was for the executive district officer (health), another for the

WASHINGTON - Japanese automaker Toyota recalled another 2.3 million vehicles Thursday to fix floor mat and carpet defects that could jam the accelerator, the latest in a spate
of recalls to hit the firm. Pressed by US authorities, Toyota announced the recall of 2.17 million vehicles in the United States to fix flaws in its Lexus GS, RX and LX models and Toyota's Highlander, 4Runner and RAV4 SUVs. It also called in 147,000 vehicles in Canada, bringing total worldwide recalls to

LAHORE -Lahore Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Captain (r) Syed Ahmed Mobin on Thursday directed traffic wardens to provide an easy passage to all ambulances and fire brigades. The CTO said that providing a safe passage to such vehicles would secure lives and properties of people. He directed all sector in-charges, inspectors and wardens to manage a smooth traffic flow around hospitals and launch operations against encroachments.

PESHAWAR - As many as four NATO oil tankers and nine other vehicles were destroyed when an explosive device planted in an oil tanker exploded at Pak-Afghan Highway in the outskirts of Peshawar on Tuesday, officials and locals said.
The oil tankers, carrying fuel for the allied forces stationed in Afghanistan, were parked at Karkhano Market, about 10km outside the city. After the explosion, other oil tankers and vehicles also caught fire. Two people were injured in the incident;

QUETTA - Gunmen on Friday attacked vehicles carrying NATO supplies to Afghanistan, torching three of them and wounding two people in three incidents in Qalat, around 160 kilometres south of Quetta.
"Three men riding a motorcycle intercepted the three tankers, threw petrol and set them on fire," local police official Lal Jan told the media. In the second incident, two men torched another NATO oil tanker in Mastung district, 40 kilometres south of Quetta, Jan added. No loss of life

LAHORE - On the direction of Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Aslam Tareen, the Anti Vehicle Lifting Staff (AVLS) City Division Lahore have arrested a ringleader of Akbar Ali car lifting gang and have recovered 12 cars worth Rs 70 lakh from their possession.
The criminal has confessed to 17 cases of car snatching and stealing during preliminary interrogation.
CRO SP Sajjad Hassan Manj, on the CCPO's directions, directed Anti Vehicles Lifting Staff DSP Saleem

ISLAMABAD: As many as three murders and 41 cases of car lifting and robbery were reported in Islamabad, exposing the 'high security arrangements' by the capital police.
According to data gathered by Pakistan Today, last week, 21 incidents of car lifting and 20 cases of robbery and three murder cases were reported in the different police stations.
Industrial Area Police Station was on the top with four vehicles stolen two houses robbed. Similarly, carjackers took away four

FAISALABAD: Motorway police has banned the entry of all those public transport vehicles that travel without fog lights on motorway, to avoid accidents.
Motorway Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nisar Ahmed Saroya has directed the motorway police M3 section between Lahore and Faisalabad to challan the vehicles that violate the fog light rules.
M3 Section has already launched a crack down against the violators and 100 public transport vehicles including passenger coaches,

ISLAMABAD: The government has directed ministries to stop unauthorised use of official vehicles by ministers, secretaries and departmental heads. A letter issued by the Cabinet Division last week directed the ministries to take immediate steps to stop unauthorised use of official vehicles, as recommended by the PAC.
The letter said the ministers, secretaries and departmental heads could use one official vehicle each. The ministries were requested to submit surplus vehicles in the

MOSCOW: Russia will allow NATO to transfer armoured vehicles through its territory to Afghanistan under an expanded new cooperation agreement, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
"The simplified procedure has been expanded to include armoured vehicles with fortified anti-mine protection," Lavrov said at a joint press appearance with his Afghan counterpart Zalmay Rasul. "This is an important addition that participants of the international security-promotion forces

BRUSSELS: Russia is expected to let NATO take armoured vehicles to Afghanistan through its territory under an expanded transit deal that would reduce reliance on more risky routes in Pakistan, NATO diplomats said on Wednesday.
Alliance leaders and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are also expected at a NATO summit in Lisbon next week to complete a deal on the supply of Russian helicopters for the Afghan armed forces and to step up training in fighting drugs trafficking.