Murad Saeed apprises NA about halting raise in overspeeding fine on motorways, highways

Policy will Implement after taking all stakeholders into confidence and thorough briefing on media.

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - The National Assembly was apprised on Thursday that the policy to hike the fine fee for overspeeding on motorways and highways has been put on hold in view of concerns raised by transporters.

Responding to a point of order, Minister for Communication Murad Saeed made it clear that the proposal to enhance traffic fines does not aim at increasing revenue but to protect lives of innocent people on roads, as per Radio Pakistan reported.

He said this policy will be implemented after taking all stakeholders into confidence and thorough briefing on media.

Responding to a host of points of order, Murad Saeed said Prime Minister Imran Khan is vociferously pleading the case of Kashmiris at international forums, besides striving hard for unity of the Muslim Ummah and ending hate speech against Muslims.

He said Imran Khan has voluntarily declared himself as ambassador of Kashmiris and raised their voice at the United Nations.

The Minister also apprised the House that instructions have been issued to ministries of Industries and Food to protect rights of the sugarcane growers.

Murad Saeed also told the House that compensation to traders of Miranshah Bazar has been paid.

He said the people of erstwhile FATA have rendered great sacrifices for Pakistan, but they were kept deprived and now the PTI government is taking every possible step to facilitate them.

He said the quota of merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in medical colleges has been enhanced as promised at the time of their merger into the province.

Parliamentary Secretary National Food Security and Research Sahibzada Ameer Sultan said that a national action plan has been devised to meet the locust attack in Sindh and other parts of the country.

Responding to a calling attention notice moved by Syed Naveed Qamar and others regarding locust attacks in various districts of Sindh, he said Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved 460 million rupees till July this year to meet the challenge of locust. He said there are three aircrafts and another one will be acquired by 15th of this month for aerial spray against the locust. He said that a stock of 14,000 liters of insecticide is available in Sindh, while a tender to acquire 100,000 liters of the pesticide has already been floated to meet the challenge.

The House has now been adjourned to meet again till 11 a.m. tomorrow.