Lahore: First ever in the history of Pakistan the Punjab Police has started a central Identical computerized Driving License Issuance Management System (DLIMS) through which not only the license forgery could be stopped but these license could also be used as state I.D and will also be helpful for the law enforcing agencies to trace such anti-state elements through the features incorporated in this system.
This was stated by Inspector General of Police Punjab, Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera at the inaugural ceremony of DLIMS held at Qurban Lines, Lahore today. Addl: IGP Traffic Punjab, Rai Altaf Hussain, DIG Telecommunication, Tariq Rustam Chauhan, DIG Traffic Punjab, Rana Muhammad Iqbal, SSP Headquarter Traffic, Dr. Abid and 4 members of PITB were also present on this occasion.
While addressing on this occasion, IGP appreciated the joint efforts being rendered by Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and Traffic Police Management for establishing such state of the art project.
IGP told that these licenses could be used as state I.D as all features including the NIC Number, Contact Number, Address, Blood Group and Height of the license holder have been incorporated in this license. These licenses will be up to the international standards and would also be Machine Readable and would be helpful in tracing and matching the data with NADRA in case of any traffic violation.
This system was installed in all 36 districts of Punjab and any person can apply for license in his nearest and respective district. The applicant can receive the license with in five days through courier.
Later, IGP inaugurated formally the DLIMS at Qurban Lines. Addl: IGP Traffic, Rai Altaf Hussain presented a souvenir to IGP.