KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation Mukesh Kumar Chawla has directed for launching a “Road Checking Campaign” against defaulters in Karachi in order to collect vehicle tax.
Spokesman for the excise department said the minister had directed the relevant officials to nab defaulters, who had not paid their motor vehicle tax, including owners of unregistered vehicles and the vehicles plying on open letters.
According to him, the campaign will start carried out from September 20 to 28, except holidays. He said the order was issued during a meeting in his office, which was also attended by Secretary Excise and Taxation Dr Mansoor Abbas Rizvi and DG E&T Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh.
The minister was informed that as many as 12 teams, consisting of excise and taxation officers, had been formed and the teams would check vehicles on 46 different spots in Karachi.
Mukesh Kumar Chawla directed the officers concerned to wear uniform during the road checking campaign and to submit a daily report of their exercise to the deputy director of the motor registration wing Karachi.
