Enabling Economic Corridors

through Sustainable Transport

Sector Development – Road Safety

Component

60 Second Project Update:

October’18 – January’19

On 15 November 2018, Mr. Murad Saeed, Minister for Communications

launched Pakistan’s National Road Safety Strategy, 2018-2030

Speakers at the launch included the Secretary MoC; IG NH&MP,Chairman NHA, Director General Rescue 1122 Punjab; Head ofEconomic Growth DFID-Pakistan; Deputy Country Head ADBPakistan Resident Mission and Chairman Institute of RoadSafety Traffic Environment Pakistan

Mr. Jawwad Rafique Malik, Chairman NHA, addresses the audience

To support Strategy implementation, the MoC with support from the Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (M/oNHSR&C) and WHO, is developing the National Road Safety Action Plan 2019-2022&

National Technical Guidelines for:Road Safety EngineeringPost-Crash Response

Crash Data & Road Safety Observatory Driver & Vehicle Licensing

Developing National Guidelines for RS Engineering & national actions – AJK, KP, G-B & ICT agency Review & Input

Representatives from PKHA, FWOPeshawar, China RAP, C&W (AJKand KPK), G-B, & ICT CapitalDevelopment Authorities at aworkshop at NHA HQ in Islamabadon 15th October, 2018

Developing National Guidelines for RS Engineering & national actions – Sindh agency Review & Input

Road Safety Engineering Workshop in Karachi on 22nd October, 2018.

Participants from Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC),

W&S Sindh, C&W Baluchistan, Engineering Consultancy

International Limited (ECIL), NHA, Think Transportation, Karachi University and Development

Authorities of Karachi and Quetta.

Developing National Guidelines for RS Engineering & national actions – Punjab agency Review & Input

National Guidelines on Road Safety

Engineering at in Rescue 1122 HQ on 23rd October, 2018

Participants from C&W Punjab, NESPAK, ECSP

and Rescue 1122

National Post-Crash Response Workshop 17-18th January 2019

Dr. Malik Mohammad Safi, representing the Director General, M/oNHSR&C officially opens the 2-day workshop on 17th January 2019.

Keynote speakers L to R: Dr. Samra Mazhar, M/o NHSR&C, Mr Hameed Akhtar (MoC), Dr Rizwan Naseer, Rescue 1122 Punjab & Dr Maryam Mallick, Technical Adviser, WHO

Developing National Guidelines for Post-Crash Response & national actions

35 active participants from various departments across Pakistan,

including Rescue 1122, Punjab & KP; Traffic Police (Sindh,

Baluchistan, Punjab, KPK, AJK and Federal), Government Health

Departments, CDA, Provincial and Federal Hospitals, WHO, ADB, NLC

and Orient Express.

National Post-Crash Response Workshop

Workshop to Review and Finalize the National Guidelines for Post-Crash Response

Workshop participants from across Pakistan

Emergency Medical Services Rescue 1122 Punjab Rescue 1122 KP Rescue 1122 Murree Rescue 1122 AJK Aman FoundationGovernment Health Departments M/oNHSR&C Balochistan Health Department KP Health Department Sindh Health DepartmentProvincial Police Departments Punjab Traffic Police KP Traffic Police Sindh Traffic Police Gilgit Traffic Police AJK Traffic Police Balochistan Traffic PoliceFederal Police Departments NH&MP ITP ICTProvincial & Federal Hospitals KP Lady Reading Hospital CDA Hospital, Islamabad PIMS Hospital, Islamabad DOW University Hospital, KarachiInternational Agencies WHO ADBOthers NLC Orient Enterprises

Agencies represented at the Workshop

The National Road Safety Action Plan 2019-2022

&National Technical Guidelines for:

Road Safety EngineeringPost-Crash Response

Crash Data & Road Safety Observatory Driver & Vehicle Licensing

are now being finalized for launch in February 2019.