LAHORE: The Punjab Excise and Taxation Department, National Bank of Pakistan and the Punjab Information Technology Board have signed an agreement for registration of vehicles and motorcycles at sale points under the Transport Sahulat Program.
Under the agreement, registration and number plates will be available with car dealers instead of the excise offices. The government is providing relief to the people through effective use of information technology for timely resolving their problems and improving service delivery.
Provincial Secretary of Excise and Taxation Dr Ahmed Bilal stated this at the launching ceremony of Transport Sahulat Program. Punjab Information Technology Board Chairman Dr Umer Saif, In-charge Special Monitoring Unit Salman Sufi and head of the National Bank Furqan were also present on the occasion.
he agreement of launching Dealer Vehicle System was signed between excise and taxation department, National Bank and Punjab Information Technology Board. Narrating the details, secretary excise said that this agreement is part of Transport Sahulat Program so that the registration system of vehicles could be modernized.
He said that under this agreement, the dealers registered with excise department will provide license plate to the purchasers of the vehicle at the time of purchase and the vehicle tax amount will be transferred to the account of excise department in National Bank through dealers directly.