No laxity in tinted glasses ban: SSP Zubair Hashmi

ISLAMABAD - Senior Superintendent Police Muhammad Monday said that no relaxation would be given to vehicles having tinted glasses and displaying of non-pattern numberplates in the Capital. He was reviewing the progress report of the current month wherein tinted glasses of 275 vehicles were removed. According to details, in order to avert any terrorist activity and to control the crimes, ITP has started action against the vehicles having tinted glasses and displaying of non-pattern numberplates in the Capital and a report in this regard was presented to SSP Traffic Muhammad Zubair Hashmi wherein coloured papers of 275 vehicles were removed and issued traffic violation tickets to the violators. Reviewing the report, SSP Traffic stressed upon the ITP personnel that no laxity should be given to any violator who have vehicle with tinted glasses or displaying non-pattern numberplates. SSP directed the staffers that no laxity, in this regard, will be tolerated on their part too. He also directed the ITP personnel to educate the road users for displaying non-pattern number plates. He advised the road users to change the company fitted tinted glasses immediately, otherwise, action will be taken against them as per law. The size of alphabets should be 2-1/2 inch while the size of numeric should be 3-1/2 inch. Like wise the size of front number plate should be 12 X 4 inches in length and height and back number plate should be 12 X 6 inches in length and height otherwise strict action will be taken against the violators. Meanwhile, Islamabad Capital Territory Administration is giving final touches to the launching of issuance of computerised registration of birth and death certificates in each union council of Islamabad to be started within next 15 days. Deputy Commissioner ICT Amer Ali Ahmed said that the with the introduction of computerised system of registration of birth and death at each union council, the citizens of rural areas will have the services of international standard and these documents will also have special security features. In this regard, a meeting held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner ICT reviewed the arrangements being made for starting the computerised services of issuance of computerised birth and death certificates in each union council. The meeting was informed that computers had been provided in each union council and necessary directions to secretaries of union councils had been issued necessary training to the staff had also been imparted. Deputy Commissioner directed assistant commissioners to finalise all the arrangements by the end of this month so that the new computerised system could be made functional in the first week of February.

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