Islamabad: Islamabad Traffic Police has issued a route plan for heavy traffic in connection with Pakistan Day on March 23.

An armed forces parade is held in the federal capital on the occasion of Pakistan day.

According to police, entry of all types of heavy vehicles to Islamabad will be banned from midnight on March 22 to 1 p.m. 15.00 on March 23rd.

From 1 p.m. Srinagar Highway will also remain closed to incoming and outgoing traffic from Seventh Avenue to Kudiyanwala Chowk on Sunday.

The traffic police have advised vehicles on the way to Bhara Kahu to use alternative routes, including Seventh Avenue via Pak-China Road, Rawal Dam Chowk, Kashmir Chowk and Club Road. They have also warned that traffic disorders can occur on Srinagar Highway and Expressway due to route changes.

Heavy traffic traveling from Peshawar to Lahore has been instructed to use Taxila Motorway and Fateh Jang motorway via Tarnol Phatak. Heavy vehicles traveling from Lahore GT Road to Islamabad and Rawalpindi should use Chak Beli Road and the Chakri motorway.

In addition, travelers using GT Road from Peshawar to Rawat have been asked to use Taxila Motorway, Chakri, Chak Beli Road and Rawat. Similarly, those traveling from Lahore GT Road to Peshawar should use Rawat, Chak Beli Road, Chakri and Taxila Motorway.

Islamabad Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Zeeshan Haider declared that the capital’s traffic police staff will be deployed at various points to guide citizens.

He urged commuters to contact the ITP aid in 1915 for all help while traveling and to enter FM 92.4 for real-time traffic updates.

ITP’s social media platforms will keep citizens up to date with traffic routes in real time, he added.

Pakistan day

The day marks the adoption of the historic Lahore resolution on this day in 1940, which provided a framework for the realization of the goal of a separate homeland for Muslims in South Asia.

The day goes up with a 31-canon’s honor in the federal capital and a 21-canon’s honor in provincial capitals.

Special beans are offered in mosques after dawn beans of prosperity and solidarity in the country. The national flag is hoisted on major government buildings.

Change of guard ceremonies is held at Mausoleums in Quaid-E-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi and Dr. Mohammad Iqbal in Lahore.