LAHORE – Punjab Excise and Taxation Department is finalising all thearrangements to start issuing smart cards to vehicle owners frommid-October.

Rawalpindi Excise and Taxation Director talking to this agency informedthat the new vehicle registration system is being introduced forfacilitation of citizens.

He said, the whole process would include smart cards, number plates anduniversal number.

He said, the Excise and Taxation Department and Punjab Safe City Project(PSCA) had proposed to introduce new vehicle number plates design for theprovince.

The reason behind new number plate design is that CCTV cameras were notable to detect and read the current number plates.

The modified size and font size of the universal number plates would makethem camera-readable, he added.

From mid-October, universal number plates will be issued across theprovince, he said.

The Punjab government is going to introduce new system of vehiclesregistration which will not only discourage fabrication, forged documentsbut streamline the whole process of registration.

No one can get registered, a vehicle already registered with same chassisnumber in any other district of the province, he added.