Renewal of arms licences: Home dept to extend deadline
Officials say that regular fee for re-verification of license is Rs 1,000 but, this time, Rs4,000 extra to be charged
KARACHI:
The Sindh home ministry has decided to extend the deadline for the re-verification of arms licences for the fourth time, though, this time the weapon holders have to pay a penalty. Official sources told The Express Tribune that the idea to impose a penalty was decided at a meeting chaired by the chief minister a few days ago. “The CM has directed us to give another chance to licence holders before starting a crackdown to confiscate their weapons,” said a senior official of the home department. He said that the regular fee for the re-verification of a license is Rs1,000 but, this time, Rs4,000 extra would be charged. “Out of a total one million licence holders, around 450,000 people got the re-verification forms and 408,065 have submitted the same,” said the additional secretary for the home department, adding that the rest have not yet turned up.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 5th, 2014.
The Sindh home ministry has decided to extend the deadline for the re-verification of arms licences for the fourth time, though, this time the weapon holders have to pay a penalty. Official sources told The Express Tribune that the idea to impose a penalty was decided at a meeting chaired by the chief minister a few days ago. “The CM has directed us to give another chance to licence holders before starting a crackdown to confiscate their weapons,” said a senior official of the home department. He said that the regular fee for the re-verification of a license is Rs1,000 but, this time, Rs4,000 extra would be charged. “Out of a total one million licence holders, around 450,000 people got the re-verification forms and 408,065 have submitted the same,” said the additional secretary for the home department, adding that the rest have not yet turned up.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 5th, 2014.