Kamran Akmal caught on road

Published March 31, 2015
Senior Patrol Officer Tanveer Butt said a patrolling team stopped a car with tinted glasses near Lahore airport and found the international cricketer on the driving seat. — AFP/file
Senior Patrol Officer Tanveer Butt said a patrolling team stopped a car with tinted glasses near Lahore airport and found the international cricketer on the driving seat. — AFP/file

LAHORE: The Ring Road police stumped sidelined wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal on Monday for violating traffic rules.

Senior Patrol Officer Tanveer Butt said a patrolling team stopped a car with tinted glasses near Lahore airport and found the international cricketer on the driving seat.

Quoting Akmal, the patrolling officer said he had tinted the glasses to block sunlight. Mr Butt said the cricketer cooperated with the officials, deposited a Rs500 fine on the spot and resumed the journey.

Read: Umar Akmal's traffic fiasco comes to an end

This was the second occasion that Kamran had been fined for road laws violations in Lahore.

His younger brother Umar Akmal had to spend a day in the lock-up in the Gulberg police station in February, 2014, for violating traffic signals and later indulging in an altercation with a warden. He had to take bail from court.

Published in Dawn, March 31st, 2015

On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play

Opinion

Budgeting without people

Budgeting without people

Even though the economy is a critical issue, discussions about it involve a select few who are not really interested in communicating with the people.

Editorial

Iranian tragedy
Updated 21 May, 2024

Iranian tragedy

Due to Iran’s regional and geopolitical influence, the world will be watching the power transition carefully.
Circular debt woes
21 May, 2024

Circular debt woes

THE alleged corruption and ineptitude of the country’s power bureaucracy is proving very costly. New official data...
Reproductive health
21 May, 2024

Reproductive health

IT is naïve to imagine that reproductive healthcare counts in Pakistan, where women from low-income groups and ...
Wheat price crash
Updated 20 May, 2024

Wheat price crash

What the government has done to Punjab’s smallholder wheat growers by staying out of the market amid crashing prices is deplorable.
Afghan corruption
20 May, 2024

Afghan corruption

AMONGST the reasons that the Afghan Taliban marched into Kabul in August 2021 without any resistance to speak of ...
Volleyball triumph
20 May, 2024

Volleyball triumph

IN the last week, while Pakistan’s cricket team savoured a come-from-behind T20 series victory against Ireland,...