KARACHI, Oct 28: The Karachi Transport Action Committee (KTAC) and the Anjuman Ittehad-i-Bus Malikan, Karachi, have urged the government to take action against corrupt motor-vehicle inspectors who are demanding bribe for the issuance of the vehicle fitness certificate.

In a joint statement issued here on Sunday, they alleged that the unscrupulous inspectors were minting money by blackmailing transporters by threatening to declare a sound vehicle as “unfit” or “smoke-emitting”.

Representatives of the transporters Mohammad Ashraf Banglori, Chaudhry Mazhar Hussain, Tanzeem Khan and Lala Sultan also expressed concern over the practice of detaining a vehicle already issued a fitness certificate valid for six months. They said that the inspectors were detaining the vehicles again to mint more money and harassing the vehicle-owner by threatening to cancel the fitness certificates.

They appealed to the government to take notice of the inspectors’ corrupt practices so that transporters could continue with their business smoothly and with peace of mind.—PPI