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Misuse of official vehicles

From the Newspaper Published November 9, 2012
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MISUSE of official vehicles is rampant in our society. Families of officers use them for shopping etc.

Military vehicles have a unique colour and number plates.

It is hard for military officers to use official transport for private purposes.

I suggest that the government should think of making civilian official vehicles easily identifiable by either painting them with a unique colour or writing a line ‘for official use only’.

GHAYYAS AHMAD Peshawar

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Shahzad Kazi
Nov 09, 2012 08:56pm
The whole idea of having unique plates as identifiers for government vehicles was to prevent misuse. That is why we have plates with GP, GS,, etc. However, unfortunately the misuse increased and led to individuals using vehicles with these plates to commit traffic violations like going through red lights or parking in no parking spaces. Only in Pakistan.
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observer
Nov 09, 2012 07:12am
I don't live in Pakistan. I am not sure if it still prevails but currency notes of Pakistan once had a statement written on them indicating that seeking a legitimate earning is the best form of worshipping. Did that change anything?
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