Punjab

Army chief inaugurates flyover

Ammar Chowk remodelling and extension project cost Rs1.3 billion

Our Correspondent December 29, 2021

RAWALPINDI:

Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday inaugurated the Ammar Chowk flyover.

The Ammar Shaheed Chowk remodelling and extension project was inaugurated three days ahead of the scheduled time.

Rawalpindi Division Commissioner Gulzar Hussain Shah, RDA Chairman Tariq Murtaza, MNA and PTI Additional Secretary-General Amir Mahmood Kayani, Federal Parliamentary Secretary Sheikh Rashid Shafiq, Provincial Parliamentary Secretary Chaudhry Adnan, MPA Haji Amjad, Chaklala Cantonment Board and FWO officials and the station commander were also present.

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Captain Shaheed Ammar's mother was also present at the inaugural ceremony accompanied by two models of the flyover. One model was to be presented to the mother of the martyred captain, while the other to the army chief.

However, the army chief suggested giving the model to Sheikh Rashid Shafiq, the MNA of the constituency. Sheikh Rashid Shafiq was presented with one model of Ammar Chowk.

Gen Bajwa also thanked the Punjab government and Provincial Parliamentary Secretary Chaudhry Adnan for providing funds for the project. The army chief said that the FWO has maintained its tradition by diligently completing the project on time.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 29^th, 2021.

COMMENTS (8)

Muhammad Idrees Khattak | 2 years ago | Reply Such a huge expense on flop design of Ammar Chowk is waste of public money. What the planners thought while designing the remodeling The main route is old airport to kacheri chowk but you still have to stop on the signal on this route. Who are the beneficiaries of the bakwas design

Abrar | 2 years ago | Reply This billion Rupee project has hardly provided any relief to people commuting between Pindi and Islamabad. People from Saddar side going to Islamabad and vise versa are passing through the same shit hole of stupid traffic. The Engineer who designed this project and the sucker who approved it should be hanged up side down at Ammar Chowk. You needed a bloody fly over the Lai Nullah to facilitate 90 of the traffic. Hats off.