Action Ordered Against Over-Speeding.

LAHORE -- Inspector General of Punjab (IGP) Police Faisal Shahkar on Monday directed Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) to launch crackdown against over-speeding vehicles to prevent accidents. He said this while chairing a meeting on the performance of Traffic Police and Punjab Highway Patrol at the Central Police Office. Faisal Shahkar said that the primary responsibility of the police was to protect the citizens on highways and provide them with the best police services while traveling. He said that the PHP should ensure effective monitoring along with the establishment of new check posts on the highways. He said that the efficiency of PHP had to be improved to prevent crime on the roads, hence more resources would be provided to them for this purpose. He said that traffic police would have to play their role fully to solve the traffic problems in the cities.

adding that an awareness campaign should be...