ISLAMABAD - Driving on the roads has become headache for the motorists in these days because of the tight security arrangements and ongoing construction activities on most of the road and highways in the city. The city, which was considered to be a safest place in the country is not safe now because of the recent waves of devastating terror, attacks in the heart of the Capital. Now it looks like battlefield due to the deployment of heavily armed contingents of police and rangers almost at each and every main roads , exit and entry points. .        Since the deadly suicide attacks at Marriott Hotel and at Police Lines in less than a month,  the security arrangements in the city have further been tightened.The barbed wires and barricades erected on different roads inside and outside of the Capital are also creating problems for the smooth flow of traffic, which have become a source of nuisance for  the motorists. Parliament House, President House, Prime Minister House, Secretariat , Serena Chowk, Radio Pakistan Margalla Road, PTV Chowk have been declared red zone and closed for the public transport by erecting barbed wires and barricades on the different places. Due to the present security arrangements in the city ,worse traffic jam could be witnessed at every chowk, as the policemen check every vehicles for security reasons at several places, which take long time and made people wait for long time to reach the offices or home..   On the other hand, the construction activities on the different highways to widen the roads are also creating hardships for the people and they have to drive for half an hour to travel one kilometre. The students and government employees are suffering a lot because of aforementioned reasons, to reach their destination (office, schools etc) at fixed time but mostly they get late due to barricades and tight security checking in the city. The government employees working in the different ministries situated in Secretariat have to face tough time due to strict security measures and different check posts, as it is located in the red zone.  They have to travel two to three kilometres on foot and it becomes very hard especially for old people.  Due to security reasons, the public transporters are not allow to go to the Secretariat and we have to travel long distance on feet which not only make us tired  but also result in waste of time, said a commuter Khalid Mahmood. Shahid Khan, a student told that he often get late form the schools in these days due to such security arrangements which only irritating the people. Because of the road blockage at many places our school van has to take u-turn, which increase the distance he added. Endless Construction activities in the city like Islamabad high way, Faisal Avenue underpass, and zero point interchange are also creating problems for the citizens during driving.       Shahbaz Hameed a government employee told that few years back driving on the roads was one of the my favourite hobby because of tranquillity on the roads but now I avoid to drive unless go to offices are other important work because of the security checking at many places and construction on faisal avenue has irritates me as it came in my way.