Moving menace.

Byline: Iftikhar Mirza - Islamabad

ANOTHER tragedy that could have been avoided happened near Mianwali a few days ago. The gas cylinder of an ambulance exploded after it collided with a tanker killing nine persons in the ambulance.

Pakistan has a high ratio of deaths in road accidents as traffic safety codes are mostly ignored, especially by public transport operators. The government has banned public passenger vehicles to use compressed natural gas as fuel. However, public transport operators ignore the directive. As a result, accidents because of explosion of gas cylinders are a routine...