PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to document all non-customs paid vehicles for the purpose of security and to develop a data bank of all vehicles with proper number plates and registered with the relevant police stations.
This was decided during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pervez Khattak. The meeting was also attended by Minister Excise Mian Jamsheddin, Customs Collector, Commission-Income Tax, administrative secretaries, Commissioner Malakand, RPO and others.
The meeting had a threadbare discussion on the data bank of the non-customs paid vehicles and different issues of Swat Cantonment, road communication network and other allied issues of Malakand Division.
The documentation of all non-customs paid vehicles will discourage the stolen vehicles and use of these vehicles in crimes and terrorism etc. The owners would not be charged nor they would pay and would be facilitated without any fee.
The participant also agreed to develop a data bank of the all vehicles with proper number plates and registered with the relevant police stations. The owners would only be given a token for number plate and the owner would then prepare a number plate so that the misuse and abuse of vehicle could be discouraged.
The chief minister directed for a transparent mechanism discouraging the misuse, abuse and smuggling of such vehicles. The provincial government, he added, would provide all out support to the mechanism for developing a data bank of all the vehicles to be registered in the relevant police stations. The mechanism would have a representation of the excise, customs, police etc.
He said his government had already planned six to eight scenic spots in the entire Malakand Division that would be developed on tourism lines.
The meeting was told that Lowari Tunnel would be ready for transportation by June 2017. The chief Minister directed to develop Lowari Top and other identified scenic spots on tourism lines.
“We have to exploit tourism potentials of Malakand Division. We have to plan how to develop these spots for attracting maximum tourists thus boosting the tourism industry in Malakand division.”
This, he added, would enhance the local economy, would generate maximum jobs and would lead to the overall development of the area.
