Sargodha, Faisalabad Safe City Projects near completion

SARGODHA - The Sargodha Safe City Project has entered its final phase and is poised to make the northern region of the city one of the safest in the province. With over 70% of the work complet­ed, officials are confident the project will be fully operational in the coming days, significantly enhancing security and surveillance capabilities in the city. This was stated by District Police Officer (DPO) Sargodha Muhammad Sohaib Ashraf, during a meeting with Chairman Zakat and Ushr Committee Punjab Rana Munawar Ghous Khan and Provincial Minister Sohaib Bherth.

He highlighted the project’s critical role in crime prevention, calling on cit­izens to cooperate with police efforts for a safer Sargodha. Chairman Rana Munawar Ghous ac­knowledged the police department’s efforts but highlighted the shortage of personnel as a growing challenge. He announced that he and Minister So­haib Bherth would soon discuss the addition of police staff and the estab­lishment of three new police stations with the Chief Minister Punjab and IG Punjab to further strengthen law en­forcement in the region.



Call centres fetch over $200m in export earnings On the infrastructure front, Minis­ter Sohaib Bherth shared updates on development projects, noting that 47 bridges and overhead structures have already been completed. He added that the construction of the two-lane road from Qainchi Mor to Islampura Bridge is near completion, with ef­forts underway to extend the two-lane expansion up to Trust Plaza. Additionally, plans are being con­sidered to extend the Khayyam Cin­ema Overhead Bridge to the Lower Jhelum Canal, and negotiations are ongoing in this regard.

“Insha Al­lah, the people of Sargodha will hear good news about this soon,” said the Minister. These combined efforts in security and infrastructure develop­ment aim to transform Sargodha into a modern, safer, and more accessible city for its residents. FAISALABAD SAFE CITY TO BECOME OPERATION THIS MONTH Faysal Bank to support Pakistan Financial Literacy Week 2025 The Faisalabad Safe City project is expected to become operational dur­ing the last week of April with ini­tiation of an E-challan system on the pattern of Lahore, said Farhan Aslam, Chief Traffic Officer (CTO).

Address­ing the FCCI members here today, he disclosed that the staff has been deputed in addition to installation of cameras and main screen along with all required paraphernalia. “The traffic staff would be relieved of conducting challans”, he said and added that with this transformation, it would be in a position to fully focus on traffic enforcement and regulation as FSC would directly challan the traf­fic violators. He said that required sign boards would be installed on all major roads while a traffic education unit in collaboration with FCCI would also launch a comprehensive aware­ness campaign to sensitize the mo­torists etc.

He said that FCCI Police-Khidmat Markaz would be upgraded to issue the regular driving licenses if the driving track is arranged in close vicinity of FCCI. Mobilink Bank wins Silver at Dubai Lynx Awards for its ‘Invisible Heirs’ campaign He endorsed the demand of ramp for FCCI and assured to write a letter to the Deputy Commissioner with his full recommendation. About defective traffic signals, he said that FMC is responsible for its installation, repair and maintenance which generally delays in removal of faults.

If traffic signals are handed over to the traffic police, we could en­sure its immediate repair, he added. He denied entrusting targets of chal­lans to traffic wardens and said that only Rs. 4-5 crores are collected from this head which is just a peanut in gov­ernment revenue.

He also announced plans to launch a separate traffic sec­tor for Daewoo road which would be­come operational during this month. He assured to hold separate meetings to resolve the area specific issues of the business community. He said that the strength of traffic police is around 1,000 which is working in shifts to regulate traffic throughout the district.

Vehari DC opens Suthra Punjab Control Room at DC complex Earlier, Qaisar Shams Gucha wel­comed the CTO and pinpointed traffic related irritants. He welcomed a dedi­cated separate lane for two wheelers but lamented that motorcyclists are using second and third lanes which are dedicated for the high-speed ve­hicles. Rana Sikandar Azam, Ayub Aslam Manj, Aslam Bhalli, Sohail Butt, Umer Farooq Kahloon, Rana Ikramul­lah, Mian Muhammad Tayyab, Aftab Ahmad Butt, Hajji Muhammad Abid and Sanaullah Khan Niazi partici­pated in the question answer session.

Later, SVP Qaisar Shams Gucha pre­sented FCCI shield to the CTO while Vice President Mr. Shahid Mumtaz Bajwa offered vote of thanks. Tags: sargodha faisalabad safe city.