New number plates will be provided from June:Minister for Excise & Taxation

Lahore: Punjab Minister for Excise & Taxation and Finance Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said that owners of the vehicles will be provided number plates from the month of June and Excise & Taxation department will provide five lakh number plates to the newly registered vehicles during the month. He said that due attention has been paid to uniformity and security features in the new number plates.

He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting regarding provision of registration plates to new vehicles. Secretary Excise & Taxation Khalid Masood Chaudhary, Directors Akram Ashraf Gondal, Masood-ul-Haq, Rizwan Sherwani, Imran Malik and representatives of a Polish firm UTEL attended the meeting.

Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said that the data of stolen vehicles is being provided to law enforcing agencies and new number plates have features for immediate tracking of vehicles. He said that the new number plates will have radio frequency identity (RFID), embossing and other features.