2021

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Policies of road highway’s safety and maintenance in Pakistan
(UMT, Lahore, 2021) SAROSH RASHEED
Pakistan is one of those countries that have dangerous and poorly governed roads of the world. The miserable situation is clear from the World Health Organization (WHO) report that says around twenty-five thousand people are killed on roads and highways annually in Pakistan. Sundry elements are responsible for this gloomy picture in Pakistan. Among many factors, the predominant factors at the government’s end are inadequate policies, poor governance, and planning along with state failure to implement traffic laws. Pakistan has one of the largest and oldest roads networks. It has “Icon of Excellence” motorway police. It has many other functional agencies that regulate and manage traffic and roads. But the functioning of these agencies under the devised policies is questionable. World Health Organization has ranked country at lowest number- two, out of ten on its designed 1-10. The paper after explicating innumerable issues at policy-making level, execution, and people’s level would try to put forward some workable road map. Because without a comprehensive and implementable strategy no change can be expected. Roads play an important role in the communication, culture, and economy of a country. Ignoring such pertinent areas of policy-making could cost for long. Therefore, this paper is an attempt to contribute to this aspect.