LAHORE:Punjab Police issued more than 3.962 million driving licences across the province during the current year as part of efforts to improve public service delivery and strengthen enforcement of traffic laws.
A Punjab Police spokesperson said more than 4.356 million traffic challans were issued for various violations, resulting in fines exceeding Rs8.88 billion.The spokesperson said challans were issued to 42,535 smoke-emitting vehicles, while 6,693 vehicles were impounded at police stations. Fitness certificates of 28 vehicles were also confiscated for violations of traffic regulations.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Punjab, Abdul Kareem directed field formations to continue operations against traffic law violators without interruption and ensure strict implementation of amended traffic laws, reforms and modern traffic management systems.He ordered a sustained crackdown on offences such as overloading, overspeeding, underage driving, one-way violations and other dangerous traffic practices.
