18 September 2004	Saturday	02 Shaban 1425

ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The record pertaining to 341 vehicles of other districts re-registered by the Excise and Taxation Officer in Islamabad during the last five years was placed before the National Assembly by the interior minister on Friday.

The record was provided in response to a question by MNA Muhammad Hanif Abbassi, who had asked the interior minister to tell the number of vehicles re-registered by the ETO Islamabad on production of NOC during the last five years with name of previous owner, present owner, old number, new number, place of previous registration, date of NOC and the date of registration in Islamabad.

On a supplementary question, MNA Mehmood Khan Achakzai, asked the minister to explain the reason why some 128 vehicles were re-registered with an Islamabad number by the Military Intelligence, Inter Services Intelligence and other military officers.

Explaining the position, the minister of state for interior, Dr Shahzad Waseem, said there was nothing wrong if the vehicles were re-registered. He said the government servants or permanent residents of the Capital could get the vehicles re-registered with an Islamabad number.

However, the MNAs did not question the government about the growing complaint that stolen vehicles were being re-registered in the capital. The record placed before the House showed that sensitive agencies, military officers and bureaucrats got the vehicles bearing registration number of other districts re-registered in the capital.

Prominent among those who got cars re-registered included ex-judges of the Supreme Court Justice (retired) Qazi Mohammed Farooq, Justice (retired) Ejaz Nisar, Hamid Yar Hiraj, adviser to the chief executive Muhammad Shafi Niaz, ex-chief secretary Hafeezullah Ishaq, ex secretary narcotics control and former IG police Dil Jan Khan, former chief commissioner Khalid Saeed, Deputy Commissioner Hamid Ali Khan, ex-press secretary to prime minister, Fazlur Rehman Malik, IB Director Saeeduz Zaman, Rear Admiral Mian Zahid Shah, Maj-Gen Mian A Qayum, Maj-Gen Tariq Salim Malik, Brig S Tariq Hussain, Brig A Momin Bokhari, Brig Khalil Javed, Brig Agha Zahid Khan, Brig Niaz Khattak, Brig Akbar, Brig Javed Iqbal, Col Sarwar Khan (ISI), Lt-Col Ilyas (ISI), Lt-Col Zaigham Butt (ISI), Col Sajid Ali, Col Tughral, Lt-Col Asif Cheema, Lt-Col Tahir Bokhari, Lt-Col Farrukh Ishaq, Lt-Col Ziauddin, Lt-Col Zaheer Rashid, Lt-Col Tariq, Lt-Col Javed Ashraf, Lt-Col Iftikhar Gondal, Lt-Col Zulfikar Hussain, Maj Yasmeen Shah Rukh, Maj Sherin Zaman, Maj Asif Aslam, Maj Moin, Maj Amjad Farooq, Maj Rohail Amin, Maj Muzaffar, Maj Noman, Maj Arif, DG Cabinet Division Muzaffar Mohal, Dr Sikander Surgeon PIMS, and other high-ups of the military and civilian establishment.

For some one hundred cars only the registration numbers were given with the owener's name and address shown as "sensitive agency." Following are the numbers of the vehicles shown registered against the title "sensitive agency":

Vehicles number in the series from IDL: IDL-2631 to IDL-2650; IDL-2668 to IDL-2674; IDL-2713 to IDL-2716; IDL-3192, IDL-6709, IDL-6718, IDL-6721, IDL-6723, IDL-6724, IDL- 6728, IDL-6731, IDL-6738, IDL-6739, IDL-6742, IDL-6743, IDL-6745, IDL-6746, IDL-6749, IDL-8795, IDM-6236 to IDM-6241, IDM-6243, IDM-6246 to IDM-6249, IDM-6296 to IDM-6298, IDM-6305, IDM-6308, IDM-6317 to IDM-6319, IDM-6321, IDM-6324, IDM-6325, IDM-6341, IDM-6346, IDM-6351, IDM-6352, IDM-6354, IDM-6356, IDM-6357 and IDM-6358.