5th Road Safety Conference to be held on Feb 3
Karachi: The ‘5th Road Safety Conference’ is being organized by Consumer Association of Pakistan at Hotel Marriott Karachi on Thursday 3rd February, 2022.
Provincial Minister for Transport Owais Shah Qadri will grace the occasion as a chief guest. While DIG Traffic Police Ahmed Yar Chohan, DIG License Imran Yaqoob, DIG Motorway Police Shahid Javed, Consul General of Japan ToshiKazu Isomura, Hon.Consul General of Yemen Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, Hon. Consul General of Morocco Mirza Ishtiaq Baig, CEO Dr. Essa Laboratory, Dr Farhan Issa will also be present.
Among other guests of honour, CEO Habib Oil Mills Pvt. Ltd. Moid-ul-Hasan, Chief Commissioner FBR, Dr Aftab Imam, Additional Collector Customs Asad ullah Larik, Consul General of Sri Lanka, Jagath Abeywarna, Managing Director Mass Transit Authority, Abdul Sattar Issani, DGM South Sales and Marketing Exide Pakistan Ltd, Saleem Khan and few other prominent figures will be in attendance.
According to the CAP chairman, Mr Kaukab Iqbbal, the purpose of this conference is to create awareness among the people about traffic laws, awareness is important so that people use traffic and obey traffic laws. He said that the rate of road accidents is increasing due to non-compliance of motorists with traffic rules which results into dangerous accidents.
Kaukab Iqbal also said that parents are providing cars and motorbikes to young children who are even not at the age to obtain license. Due to reckless driving, the rate of accidents is also increasing fast. The second reason is not following the proper lines during driving, as it has now become a norm that the heavy traffic in the city starts running ahead without schedule.
“Approximately, more than 80 percent people in the city of Karachi do not have driving license nor do they know about the traffic rules. Due to the congested roads and overcrowding in the city, innumerable accidents are taking place on daily basis. Traffic laws should be read as subjects in educational institutions. On the contrary, every educational institution is required to educate the students about the traffic laws”, Chairman CAP said.
Consumer Road Safety Conference is such a platform which gives complete awareness to the masses regarding the traffic laws and also to capture the attention of the family members.
