SARGODHA: Three bus terminals of private transport companies were sealed by the secretary Regional Transport Authority (RTA) after cancelling their permission to run the bus stand on University Road as it obstructed the traffic flow.
According to sources, action was taken against three bus stands under the Motor Vehicles Rules 1969. Eight transport companies operating from the three transport stands were shifted to the general bus stand.
The spokesperson for the authority explained that the services of no company were suspended with the closure of transport hubs and travel services to other cities were being provided from the main bus stand. He said the steps were being taken to provide all possible facilities to passengers at the main bus stand.
ACCIDENTS: Two persons died and three were injured in separate road accidents in the Sargodha area.
A 50-year-old man riding a motorcycle died at Chak 140, North Burhana Road, in Sillanwali town.
According to sources, a speeding motorcycle lost control and collided with a rickshaw parked by the roadside. The 50-year-old motorcycle rider, Khalid, died on impact.
In another accident, 42-year-old Musarrat Bibi and her 46-year-old husband Naveed Ahmed were seriously injured in a collision between two speeding cars near Chak 8-A on Salim, Kot Momin Road, Bhalwal. Rescue 1122 shifted them to the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital.
In the third incident, a private college student died and another was seriously injured when a speeding truck hit their motorcycle near Chadhar Chowk.
The body as well as the injured were shifted to the DHQ (Dr. Faisal Masood) Teaching Hospital, Sargodha.
Published in Dawn, October 26th, 2026
