Amal
April 19, 2012, 1:54am
17
Re: Motorway Police doing a great job
My car also broke down on motorway once, and there was another car stopped only a few meters away. I was returning from Islamabad to Lahore and it was the last stretch between Shiekhupura and Lahore (between 10-15 kilometers to go). Anyways there was the calling booth a few meters away went there and called motorway police to send me their mobile workshop and then returned to the car. In the meanwhile a car of motorway police arrived, they asked me what was wrong, I told them and they exclaimed that the area is not safe thats why I should come in their car and that I should bring the valuables etc with me. I forgot one bag in the car, anyways I went to their car, and they went to the next interchange and returned. Those guys told me that the last 20 kms towards Lahore are so dangerous (Sheikhupura area) that they have 40 police vehicles in the area patrolling but still dacoities continue. Anyways when I returned to my car some one had broken the window and my bag was gone. It is not feasible to stop on the motorway other than emergency or the hotels that come on the way, preferable to drive in the daytime.
With an unruly, overgrown population like ours, the best way for the police to have success against criminal elements is to infiltrate their ranks, know things beforehand and strike before it happens.