Over 2m driving licences issued this year

LAHORE:On the directions of IGP Punjab, Dr Usman Anwar, more than 2.425 million citizens have been issued driving licences across the province, including Lahore, during the current year. Sharing further details, the spokesperson for Punjab Police said that over 3.352 million traffic violation tickets were issued and fines totaling Rs2.113 billion were imposed for breaches of traffic regulations. More than 187,000 vehicles emitting smoke were ticketed, while 16,156 such vehicles were impounded at police stations. Additionally, fitness certificates of 124 smoke-emitting vehicles were confiscated. IGP said that actions against those who do not comply with traffic laws would be continued.