The City Traffic Police took an action against    26,243 motorcyclists for not wearing helmets  and collected Rs 5248,600 fine from them during a special campaign launched on December 10.The Chief Traffic Officer, Sardar Muhammad Asif, said the traffic police would continue the campaign for indefinite period. He said wearing of helmets during driving was in the interest of motorcyclists. The CTO added that on his request local health department had agreed to provide sufficient staff at six hospitals in Faisalabad for issuance of Medical Fitness Certificate to those applying for new driving licenses, supply of duplicate copies thereof, renewal of existing licenses and issuance of learning driving licenses. He said only DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad, was allowed to issue the medical fitness certificates but now five more hospitals including Allied Hospital, General Hospital (Samanabad) and Tehsil Headquarters Hospitals of Samundri, Chak Jhumra and Jaranwala have been authorised to issue the medical fitness certificates to the driving license seekers.

Pakistan off spinner Saeed Ajmal on Thursday launched a cricket academy in Faisalabad to find new talent and produce bowlers like himself to torment the world’s best batsmen. The 35-year-old is regarded as the best spinner in all three formats of the game, and was instrumental in Pakistan’s rout of the world's then best Test team England in the United Arab Emirates last year.

He said the ‘Saeed Ajmal International Cricket Academy’ would be free of charge to budding cricketers. “I want to groom the enormous talent in the country and no fee will be charged in my academy because I don't want the players to suffer the ordeal I did in coming to this stage,” Ajmal told media at the launch in Faisalabad. The academy, spread over eight acres (3.2 hectares) at Faisalabad's Agriculture University, will cost around Rs.70 million to set up, with an initial Rs.30 million provided by Ajmal himself. The Pakistan Government has also donated Rs.10 million. “I am thankful to the Prime Minister for his financial help and hope that the government and affluent people of the country will help me more,” Ajmal said. “I will also go house-to-house for donations.” Ajmal has so far taken 122 Test and 117 one-day wickets, and is also the highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 cricket with 71.

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