Over 2,200 cars found registered in name of former judge

E-Paper | May 01, 2026

In an unusual development, more than 2,200 cars have been found registered in the name of a former judge.

Sikandar Hayat, an 82-year-old former judge, owns just one car, his lawyer Mian Zafar informed the Supreme Court on Saturday.

"[But] 2,224 cars were registered in the name of my client," the counsel said.

According to Zafar, his client had received a challan [fine] a few days ago for a car which he did not own.

Upon contacting the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department, it emerged that an eye-watering 2,224 vehicles had been registered in Hayat's name.

After hearing the lawyer, the top court sought a reply from the secretary and director of the Punjab excise department.

The department has been directed to submit a report on the matter within a week.

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Khabboo

Oct 28, 2018 01:14am

Only 2200. Our country needs serious help. Every industry/body is corrupt

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Asif javed

Oct 28, 2018 01:14am

On a smaller scale this activity is on going in many parts of the country One of the reason (may be) Sale requires a valid driving license So show rooms have copies of licenses which they may be using to complete the documentation. More so in case of motorbikes Some day we will discover people with dozens of bikes on their license

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Hedonist

Oct 28, 2018 01:18am

He ACTUALLY owns these many cars.

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Saad

Oct 28, 2018 01:30am

@Khabboo All are fake registration, Government should confiscate, everything will be very clear.

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AbdulRahman

Oct 28, 2018 01:32am

Now, every politician and judge should be verified in terms of the vehicle registration also the chief military officials including the police officers because it looks like it is not limited to one person. Further, check the real estate documents as well if anything not owned but registered under the elite people. It is a high level corruption and big fishes are involved in it. You may reach to the grass root of the corruption if there is a sincere efforts. I hope IK has noticed this.

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Pakistan deserves better

Oct 28, 2018 01:33am

Is there no central computer that would have brought this to light. Next it will be the deceased that have cars in their name.

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Saif Zulfiqar

Oct 28, 2018 01:33am

@Khabboo, The leaders of PMLN and PPP looted the country and allowed the government officers to loot and keep quite.

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Oct 28, 2018 01:47am

MashAllah

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Anti-Corruption_Pakistani

Oct 28, 2018 01:49am

How come 2,200 cars were registered under one name, as this suggest that our car registration system has serious mishaps and needs revision to avoid such stupid situation. This incident could be a tip of an iceberg and should be thoroughly investigated.

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Shahzad Shaikh

Oct 28, 2018 01:59am

It's no wonder why Pakistan is not going digital. All attempts to computerize have failed miserably by the honest and hard working staff of the excise department. Terminate the staff and hire fresh staff. Cancer has to be ripped out by surgery not by fake medicine. This is how you fix a problem, put the fear of losing a job in the hearts of corrupt officials. Does PTI have the guts to do this, probably NOT!!!

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Syed Naqvi

Oct 28, 2018 02:00am

The problem is that this shouldn't even be an issue if the Auto policy made it easy for people to own new vehicles rather than collecting outrageous tax on them. It is time to make car buying easier for the consumer as well as ensuring that the cars make the latest first world safety standards. The automakers in Pakistan are way behind with a backward mindset. The time has come to change that.

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haider shaikh

Oct 28, 2018 02:00am

Was traffic department sleeping when the registration was happening under one name? Every day is a mega corruption story in the news! but then we dont hear the logical end of it.

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WARRIs

Oct 28, 2018 02:16am

Every finger is pointing at Zardari!!

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Amir - Dallas/Fortworth

Oct 28, 2018 02:38am

Does this mean the NADRA database is nothing but a collection on random numbers. Should we not hold NADRA accountable for this kind of corruption?

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Jameel Langhani

Oct 28, 2018 03:39am

@Khabboo .... We are all busy trying to outsmart each other.

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Ahsan Gul

Oct 28, 2018 04:04am

Corruption and dishonesty everywhere previous government have left for PTI to cleanup. And opposition like to keep the status as it is.

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PLANETTREKKER

Oct 28, 2018 05:10am

Wonder if too I own a several cars in Pakistan - even though I live thousands of miles away and have never ever set foot in that land. Life is sometimes stranger than fiction.

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zuk

Oct 28, 2018 06:19am

Using the identity of other person is no crime in Pakistan. Most of the time we hear that property under dubious name be confiscated. Unless we start punishing the person using such assets as well as those officials issuing such authorization with jail terms we cannot stop this menace; be it real estate , bank accounts, telephone or now cars.

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Arsalan

Oct 28, 2018 06:22am

It's easy to fix this issue if the government want to ...Just takes possession of all such vehicles via police and real owners will be approaching courts

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Syed Ahmed, Canada.

Oct 28, 2018 06:31am

Just wait and watch for more disclosures.

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LAHORI KID

Oct 28, 2018 07:31am

So the departments are basically asleep at the wheel, no one noticed someone registering that many cars?

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Salman

Oct 28, 2018 08:03am

Well, if a car is registered in the name of a judge, hopefully it won't get a fine - 'challan'. Why didn't I think of it earlier. I could have evaded a lots of fine, in the past.

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Zafar ahmed

Oct 28, 2018 08:11am

It mean that all were registered with the joint malfunctioning of 3 concerned govt departments. The culprits are there and take action as required.

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Tarik

Oct 28, 2018 08:47am

Who says Pakistan is a poor country. Don’t understand why they took so much loan from IMF.

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M1 Jamal

Oct 28, 2018 09:16am

Unbelievable. NAB must immediately get hold of all government officials living life beyond their means specially in motor vehicle registration department.

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Najma Hisham

Oct 28, 2018 01:15pm

Some folks love their cars

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Fahad

Oct 28, 2018 01:21pm

It is a case of an institutionalized Corruption. Some big guns are behind this scandal, registering 22,000 cars to one person name without coming on the radar screen of the Excise and Taxation and vehicle registration office department is simply not possible. Apprehend the culprits and confiscate the vehicles they will speak up.

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Pro Truth

Oct 28, 2018 01:25pm

ID Fraud a highest, who are driving these cars in his name? he should report all these cars stolen

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Pankaj from India

Oct 28, 2018 01:57pm

It happens only in this part..I came to know about driving licences issued in the name of top officials without document verification

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mansoor

Oct 28, 2018 02:25pm

It seems that the managers handling data-bases in banks, security and exchange commission, NADRA, FBR and now vehicle registration department are almost touching the heights of innocence.

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ali ahmed

Oct 28, 2018 02:50pm

The photostat copies of NADRA card submitted for documentation are being missed used

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M. Saeed

Oct 28, 2018 04:46pm

If a rickshaw driver and a falooda seller can have billions of rupees in their accounts,without their knowledge, why not an aging 82 years old judge get 2,200 motor vehicles in his name, without his knowledge?

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Ahram

Oct 28, 2018 05:10pm

What is going on in this country? From top to bottom right to left we are in a mess.

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Comet

Oct 28, 2018 05:35pm

@Hedonist If he ACTUALY owned those cars he would have simply paid the challan and avoided detection, but he instead contacted the concerned deptt.. That alone confirms that his name was being used in this fraud without his knowledge or involvement.

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Phatti_Purani

Oct 28, 2018 05:44pm

He is 82. Maybe he forgot?

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saksci

Oct 28, 2018 05:57pm

This system should computerized so individual could access information about there cars and tickets.

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Aman

Oct 28, 2018 06:08pm

This is pathetic, the whole country needs a cleanup, perhaps this is the time to unveil now.

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Faisal Salman

Oct 28, 2018 06:30pm

When a genuine common man goes for opening bank account, property purchase or any other legal matter, he is asked about 110 documents starting from CNIC to may be birth certificates of his forefathers but for the fraud people just a currency note or an influential relation gets the exemptions and waivers from all the requirements. No wonder this happened rather we should expect discovering many more apparently foolish but actually deliberate blunders.

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irfan

Oct 28, 2018 06:37pm

It's evident how Pakistan Muslim league and Pakistan People party were running this country . It's clear their alliance is to protect the corrupt practices.

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mubbii

Oct 28, 2018 06:49pm

Confiscate those 2200 cars, auction them off. Arrest who was responsible for this ( this again will lead to bank accounts). Next time no one will do this!

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ahamed

Oct 28, 2018 08:15pm

Just confiscate all cars except the Judge's real car. A great deal of information and corrupt practices will unfold readily for punishment. What about other assets that are thus hidden?

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Oct 28, 2018 08:36pm

Confiscate and auction all the cars that falsely registered in the name of the former judge and allegedly do not belong to him.

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Oct 28, 2018 08:57pm

can i have 1 please

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aziz

Oct 28, 2018 09:17pm

this seems to be a case of living beyond one's means. the judge should be asked to prove his innocence.

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Iqbal Hadi Zaidi

Oct 28, 2018 10:19pm

Guinness Book record in offing! I can very safely say that none even including the richest person on the face of earth or and or any head of state owns so many vehicles under his or her name than our Pakistani. I recommend two immediate and important actions namely (a) his name is included in the list along with other so that President bestows him with some medal on 23rd March (b) Pakistan should approach GB to include his name in its 2019 edition. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi

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ARIF

Oct 28, 2018 10:48pm

He can open a careem like company.

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hameed

Oct 28, 2018 11:06pm

@aziz Please read the article before passing judgements. The judge does not possess or own these cars. They are registered by someone else in his name. This is why he himself contacted the authorities and alerted them to this issue.

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Raj Hundal

Oct 28, 2018 11:06pm

He should give all but one to PM IK.

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Tahir

Oct 29, 2018 12:24am

Maybe Zardari did it because he is responsible for such things happening in the country.

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Sid

Oct 29, 2018 12:31am

What is ridiculous about this case is didnt the authorities spot this earlier themselves ??? They need to have some basic controls in their systems such that cases like this are picked up earlier.

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Sid

Oct 29, 2018 12:35am

@aziz the judge hasn’t admitted ownership of these vehicles if he did then he had a case to answer - In NS case he admitted in Parliament the properties were his and so the owness was on him to prove they were bought by legitimate means - which he failed to do and in the process lied and was uncooperative in investigations - a reminder that he took 2.5hrs to admit his cousin was in fact his cousin during the JIT investigations (this was on record!)!

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Syed Ali

Oct 29, 2018 01:25am

Most probably done in Sindh Lab under direction of its supreme leader.........?

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Iqbal Z K

Oct 29, 2018 03:22am

All of them should be picked up

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Farhan

Oct 29, 2018 04:02am

These are the tips of The icebergs.

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Ali

Oct 29, 2018 04:04am

Bribes???

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TKHAN

Oct 29, 2018 04:42am

Old man registered every part of his car. Leave him alone.

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TKHAN

Oct 29, 2018 04:45am

@Comet - you’re a genius. Thanks for figuring it out Col. Faridi.

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Iqbal

Oct 29, 2018 05:59am

@Syed Naqvi whistle blower can help.

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Salman

Oct 29, 2018 06:51am

@Amir - Dallas/Fortworth Car registerations is not under the relam of Nadra

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Yusuf

Oct 29, 2018 09:09am

The Excise office of Islamabad is in the grip of a mafia of employees from KP. Most cars in KP are registered in KP. How is this legally possible? But yes, with the right inducement, everything is arranged!

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sudhi

Oct 29, 2018 10:29am

I think it will be a case of database error. Something wrong happened in the computer data. The hard copies issued to the actual owners may prove it.

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Oct 29, 2018 11:19am

If what the retired Honourable Judge says is true (and I do not doubt him), and all those (2,224 cars) have been falsely put under his title, then, as punishment to all those involved, since they are under his title, he should authorise an auction, and all the monies collected should then be put in the Dam scheme, or for the rehabilitation of the drought affected poor people in Sindh. That should teach a lesson to all these corrupt KPT officials who are in cahoots with the people who import these cars.

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Amin

Oct 29, 2018 12:00pm

There should be some system to intercept such kind of exception. How can a person own 2200 cars at one time. The question should be raised at the time of registration of the vehicle. How come the relevant department let go such time.

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Babu

Oct 29, 2018 12:43pm

Now the traffic police should confiscate all these cars are hand over to the owner Judge. Let judge sahab decide what to do with them.

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Rafaqat Ali

Oct 29, 2018 02:20pm

amazing!!!!!!!

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Vishal Gaur

Oct 29, 2018 05:34pm

I can't believe this!

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Reality

Oct 29, 2018 11:21pm

@Hedonist Even show rooms do not own so many cars.

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naji

Oct 29, 2018 11:50pm

It is 200% fault of excise and taxation department, that how they were registering 2200 vehicle in one name? Where was computer record, where their senior staff of excise, why they were not checking record of owner ship of individual vehicle? Now I have no faith in any government department record.

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Javed

Oct 30, 2018 12:56am

@Vishal Gaur But we do !!

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Sajjad Hussain

Oct 30, 2018 10:01am

Disgusting.This speaks of the height of corruption.Something must be done on emergency basis.

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suchbaath

Oct 30, 2018 10:54am

Whyn’t punish the department heads for hiding the truth?

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