“If an underage driver causes a road accident, the relevant SHO and sector in-charge will be taken to task,” Justice Ali Zia Bajwa remarked during the hearing of a petition of Afnan Shafqat, the prime suspect in the DHA car accident that resulted in deaths of six members of a family, reports Dawn.
The underage suspect approached the court against alleged harassment by the police and for the protection of his right to fair trial.
However, the court ordered traffic police to continue its crackdown on underage drivers and warned it against any harassment to law-abiding citizens.
CTO Traffic police Mustansir Feroze told the court that a crackdown was underway against driving vehicles without licences and as many as 2,986 cases had been registered in three days.
Talking to the media, the CTO said more than 4,000 cases had been registered during the crackdown against underage driving. He said hundreds of vehicles had been confiscated in police stations and over 16,000 learner permits had been issued in a single day.
He said the city had 30 licencing offices, ten mobile vans, and three 24-hour open centres. He said three new licence centres were being established in the city.
09 روز میں 3345 کم عمر ڈرائیورز جبکہ بغیر لائسنس 1670 ڈرائیورز کےخلاف مقدمات درج،190 مقامات پر خصوصی ناکہ جات قائم،کریمنل ریکارڈ بننے سے سرکاری نوکری اور ویزہ حصول میں مشکلات آسکتی ہیں،
— Lahore Traffic Police (@ctplahore) November 22, 2023
شہر میں 30 لائسنس دفاتر، 10 موبائل وینز اور 03 سینٹر 24/7 ہیں pic.twitter.com/9IpvDlZWH0
Consequently, Traffic Police in Attock arrested 26 underage drivers, 14 were arrested in Attock City, eight in Fatehjang and four in Jand.