RAWALPINDI: The Excise and Taxation Department will make biometric verification mandatory for the transfer of vehicles from July 1.

According to a spokesman, buyers and sellers would have to appear at the taxation office to get their vehicles transferred.

To a question, he said the biometric verification system would help eliminate the tout mafia involved in preparing fake registration documents as the buyers and sellers would have to appear physically at the excise office to get their vehicles registered or transferred.

The fingerprints of owners shall be verified in real time from the online database of Nadra.

According to Assistance Excise and Taxation Officer Rawalpindi Sohail Shahzad, on the special directive of the Punjab government the department had announced the policy to facilitate vehicle owners and property tax payers. They can pay their property and vehicle token tax through e-pay online service to avoid hassle in the offices, he added.

He said on the directives of Director Excise and Taxation and Motor Registration Authority Rawalpindi, steps were taken to facilitate the citizens who wanted to pay taxes.

Published in Dawn, June 22nd, 2021