Government plans to issue license plates to motorcycles

To combat the sale of snatched/stolen motorcycles, the Sindh government has planned to issue license plates to motorcycles at the time of registration. Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation (E&T) Mukesh Kumar Chawala told Business Recorder on Saturday the government was mulling to take drastic action against those involved in selling of stolen/snatched and fake registered motorcycles.
He said that department has sent a proposal to issue motorcycle number plates at the time of its registration aimed at eradicating the illegal business, which is on the rise across Sindh. He informed that a summary in this regard has been moved to the Chief Minister for approval and hopefully it would be approved soon.
Chawala said a meeting has been convened with the ministry for E&T, NWFP for evolving strategy to combat the illegal, as inter provincial gangs are very active in the business. He deplored that department was being deprived of large tax collection, as the old vehicle registration systems was in practice in the province. However, NWFP has converted to modern system and overhauled its system in accordance with the international standard.
He underlined the need of adopting latest techniques to facilitate masses at maximum, saying that the project of Computerisation Provincial Taxation System (CPTS) was approved some three years back but no development was made regarding it by the previous regime. He said the government was striving to enforce the system in the stipulated period, which would definitely help combat malpractices in vehicle registration besides enhance tax collection.
For taking joint action against the gangs, CPTS will be linked with NWFP in first phase, which would later be extended to other provinces, said Chawala.
He added that it would help trace stolen/snatched vehicles being taken to other provinces for selling there. He said CPTS would provide taxpayers one window facility. Furthermore, he said the project would generate employment opportunities to masses, as some 350 candidates have already been short-listed, who would be provided three months training to operate CPTS.