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The Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) (Urdu: پنجاب سیف سٹیز اتھارٹی or PSCA) established under the Punjab Safe Cities Ordinance 2015, [1] is an autonomous Government body that aims to improve public safety and security in the Punjab, Pakistan.
A patrol car of Pakistan's National Highways & Motorway Police on the M2 Motorway. The National Highways & Motorway Police (Urdu: نیشنل ہائی ویز اینڈ موٹروے پولیس), abbreviated NHMP, is a police force in Pakistan that is responsible for enforcement of traffic and safety laws, security and recovery on Pakistan's National Highways and Motorway network.
The Punjab Highway Department (Urdu, Punjabi: محکمہ شاہرات پنجاب) constructs and maintains the provincial highways in Punjab, Pakistan. Currently, the Punjab Highway Department maintains more than 38,000 kilometers of roads.
A study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimated that Road accidents in Pakistan resulted in $5.4 billion in losses in 2015 alone. [15] According to a 2018 report of Ministry of Communications, Pakistan incurs an annual loss of approximately $9 billion due to road traffic accidents. [16]
The Punjab Highway Patrol (Urdu: پنجاب شاہراہ گشت; reporting name: PHP) serves as the safe highways police for all Provincial Highways of Punjab.The PHP patrol the roads to maintain safe highways and prevent crimes from taking place, especially in rural regions of Punjab.
The Provincial Highways of Punjab consists of all public highways maintained by the Pakistani province of Punjab.The Punjab Highway Department under the Department of Transportation maintains over 38,000 kilometres (24,000 mi) of roadways organised into various classifications which crisscross the province and provide access to major population centres. [1]
In Pakistan, the driving licence is the official document which authorises its holder to operate various types of motor vehicles (depending on the type of licence) on publicly accessible roads. Driving licences can be obtained by submitting an application to any licensing authority in the applicant's district.
The Police Department was established on the pattern of an earlier success story in Pakistan, National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) which was established in 1997. [2] The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) came of age between 2007 and 2010 and came to be known as a corruption free and equal application of law police organization.