The Sindh government has announced that, from April 3 onwards, only number plates with the Sindhi Ajrak design will be acceptable across the province.

 

Sindh Minister for Excise Mukesh Kumar Chawla made this announcement during a meeting on excise and traffic control.

 

Chawla was jointly briefed in detail by Secretary Excise Rajput and DIG Traffic Police Karachi Nawaz about the implementation plan for controlling and regularizing traffic in the metropolis.

 

He stated that there is a need to immediately prepare a joint action plan for the payment of fines related to motor vehicle taxes and traffic violations.

 

He also informed the attendees that counter desks will be provided to the traffic police at the Civic Center and Facilitation Centers of the Excise Department for a one-window operation. Meanwhile, the timely acquisition of new number plates for vehicles from the checkposts of the traffic police will also be ensured to streamline the process.

 

The minister also instructed regarding the deployment of traffic police personnel at road checking points and the integration of traffic challans and Motor Vehicle Registration (MVR) taxes. The Excise Department, he assured, will assist the traffic police by providing records of due challans.

 

Transfers and tax payments for vehicles with due challans should be made conditional on the payment of those challans, he told the officials.

 

He said that with joint measures and further activation of the online system, pending taxes and challans will be immediately identified, and all dues will be paid through a single window.

 

The minister also directed the Sindh Excise Secretary to prepare a proposal in this regard immediately.

 

Sindh has a persistent issue of number plates and last year in July it launched an operation against motorists using bogus green and blue government license plates. Now the rules are being extended to cars and other vehicles.