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A notification issued by the Transport and Mass Transit Department, signed by Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch, instructs relevant authorities, including the Additional Inspector General of Police (Traffic) and district traffic officers, to ensure strict compliance. The Punjab Emergency Services Department has also been directed to provide fortnightly data on motorcycle crashes for review by the Chief Minister\u2019s Office. The government has urged widespread publicity of the new speed limit to raise public awareness and improve road safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan(National Times)- LAHORE: The Punjab government has imposed a speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour for motorcycles throughout the province to improve road safety,\u00a0The News\u00a0reported on Friday.\u00a0 This decision was made during the 22nd Provincial Cabinet meeting on January 14, 2025, and is being implemented under Section 75(2) of the Provincial Motor Vehicles Ordinance, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Punjab sets speed limit for motorcycles amid safety concerns - 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