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RAWALPINDI, Jan 28 (APP):The City Traffic Police (CTP) Rawalpindi have issued more than 18,800 new driving licences during the current month as part of efforts to improve road safety and promote legal driving across the district.
The licensing drive is being carried out in line with the “No licence, no driving” vision of the City Police Officer Rawalpindi Syed Khalid Hamdani and on the directions of Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Rawalpindi Farhan Aslam, a CTP spokesman said on Wednesday.
The CTO said six driving testing centres, along with Khidmat Markaz facilities, were providing licensing services across the district to facilitate citizens.
He said motorcycle riders were being given special relief, with learner permits and permanent driving licences issued on the same day, while special licensing facilities were being extended to rickshaw drivers on Sundays.
Farhan Aslam said mobile licensing vans were also providing doorstep services to men and women in remote areas of the district to ensure wider access to licensing facilities.
He reiterated that driving a vehicle or motorcycle without a valid licence was a punishable offence under the law and urged citizens to obtain their licences to avoid legal complications.
Besides the licence issuance campaign, the CTP has also intensified a district-wide crackdown against motorists driving without licences. For the purpose, checkpoints and special checking points have been established at various locations across the district to curb violations and ensure compliance with traffic laws.
The motorists found driving without valid licences are being proceeded against in accordance with the law and issued challans, the CTP spokesman said.