ET initiates 'road checking' campaign

Excise and Taxation department has initiated Road Checking Campaign to nab the tax defaulting vehicles across the province. The campaign has been instead on the directive of Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation Mukesh Kumar Chawla and it will continue till March 31, 2017. For the purpose 11 teams consisting of officers and officials have been constituted in Karachi only to recover motor vehicles tax to those who have not deposited the tax yet.
The department has selected 38 places in Karachi where the assigned teams will check the vehicles plying on the roads. The Minister has directed the assigned staff to wear proper uniforms during the Campaign and no violation will be tolerated in this regard. He advised the owners of the vehicles in their own interest to deposit the due tax before bringing their vehicles on the roads to avoid any unpleasant situation because tax defaulting vehicles would be impounded and would release only after payment of due tax and penalty as well. He directed the checking staff to behave politely during the campaign and flow of the traffic must not be distributed.
He directed the checking staff to take action against Qingqi Rickshaws/Auto Rickshaws and vehicles plying without number plates, suspicious number plates or expired ,temporary registration or old registration number, fancy number plates or vehicles plying with "Personalized Numbers plate" which have already been cancelled, should be checked as per law.