Excise deptt moves to cancel vehicle registrations over rule violations

Islamabad:Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the Excise & Taxation Department, Islamabad, has chaired a meeting and decided to take firm steps to tighten vehicle registration rules, aiming to curb practices that inconvenience the public and breach regulations.

According to the spokesman of the ICT department, the meeting was attended by the Director of Excise and other key officials to discuss significant chan­ges to vehicle registration policies. The primary focus was on ensuring compliance with new regulations concerning vehicle registration and number plates.

One of the key decisions made was the immediate cancellation of registrations for vehicles using fancy number plates. The Director General (DG) of Excise emphasised that any vehicle found with a fancy number plate would have its registration revoked. Another critical point addressed in the meeting was the misuse of large lights on vehicles, which pose a safety risk to other road users. The DG Excise stated that vehicles with such lights would also face registration cancellation. The department highlighted that only specific government institutions are allowed to install rotating lights on vehicles.