CM inaugurates Rescue 1122 motorbike service.

LAHORE -- Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Thursday inaugurated the Rescue 1122 motorbike service for all districts of the province.

Addressing the ceremony, the CM said that the provincial government would create a foolproof driving licensing system and this license would be useful abroad as well while traffic accidents will be reduced by 50% if the licensing system was in a proper manner.

He added that extra lanes would be created on roads for ambulances. Today, 1350 rescue motorbikes were being given across Punjab, while each district would get 50 rescue motorbikes. The response time of motorbike emergency services will be 4 to 5 minutes, he said, adding that emergency service would be possible even in narrow streets and difficult roads through motorbikes. Motorcycle emergency service would be extended to towns and villages, he added.

There would be a motorcycle ambulance along with the ambulance van.

After Pakistan armed forces, only Rescue 1122 was seen in floods and Rescue 1122 did immense work in flood-affected areas, he maintained. Foreign ambassadors had also praised...