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Tuesday April 23, 2024

No money, no document

Some days ago, an auto rickshaw bumped into my car accidently, injuring the driver and its passengers. When I asked him what caused the accident he replied that the rickshaw brakes failed when he tried to apply them for negotiating a speed-breaker and instead of hitting the car ahead he

By our correspondents
July 05, 2015
Some days ago, an auto rickshaw bumped into my car accidently, injuring the driver and its passengers. When I asked him what caused the accident he replied that the rickshaw brakes failed when he tried to apply them for negotiating a speed-breaker and instead of hitting the car ahead he hit the divider and ultimately bumped into my car which was on the other side of the road. I then asked him to show his driving licence to which he said he did not have one. Then I asked him to show me the document of the auto rickshaw to which he again replied in the negative. Ultimately, I asked him to show his Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) to which he once again replied in the negative.
I then went to the nearby police station and met the SHO. After hearing the details about the non-availability of any document, the SHO replied that this is normal practice and because of poverty they overlook non-possession of all such documents by people living in and around the provincial metropolis. The KP police are requested to carry out a campaign for issuing driving licences and all other relevant documents to drivers of public transport for the safety of all of us.
Col (r) Faqir Tariq Masood
Peshawar