Vehicle registration, transfer may resume

RAWALPINDI: People waiting to get their vehicles transferred for the past few months due closure of Excise and Taxation Department following lockdown orders may heave a sigh of relief as the department has announced resumption of work from next month, albeit subject to precautionary conditions.

The provincial authorities have decided to open Excise and Taxation Department branches across Punjab from 3 June.

The department of has launched an Appointment Management System through a mobile app to prevent overcrowding in the office and ensure social distancing to curb the spread of coronavirus. Citizens will be able to avail facility for new registration and vehicle transfer by taking appointment from the mobile application. They will visit the designated office and meet the assigned official and leave after completion of the work.

The vehicle token tax can also be paid through online service of ePay. Public dealing offices of the Punjab Excise Taxation and Narcotics Control Department were closed in the lockdown that has been going on for almost two and a half months to curb the spread of Corona virus across Punjab.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 30^th, 2020.