ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday ordered action against vehicles plying without registration number plates, officials told Dawn on Saturday.

Initially, the traffic police will carry out a campaign for two weeks aimed at educating people about the importance of number plates. After the deadline strict action would be initiated against the vehicles using ‘Applied For’ or fake number plates, which includes heavy fine and impounding of vehicle.

Using vehicles without proper registration number was a threat to security and peace.

The minister issued the directives after spotting vehicles plying without proper registration number plates.

The minister took serious notice, saying the practice will jeopardise all efforts of the law enforcement agencies and security forces to provide protection to citizens.

It would also make the safe city project useless, a police official quoted the minister as saying.

The minister said it would be difficult to trace a vehicle used in a criminal activity, even after being spotted on CCTVs.

Published in Dawn, April 2nd, 2017