In a new law passed, traffic fines were decreased significantly. PHOTO: FILE
The lawmakers realised that they had made a mistake in a bill they passed in an earlier session to revise the traffic violation penalties.
The Express Tribune published a report showing that the traffic fines were either decreased or kept unchanged when the Sindh Assembly reviewed the Provincial Motor Vehicle Ordinance 1965 on April 1. During Monday's session, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MPA Heer Ismail Soho referred to the story and pointed out the mistake.
"We have passed the law, but unfortunately instead of increasing the traffic fines, we have decreased them significantly," she said waving a copy of the newspaper and a copy of the challan issued by the traffic police. "How did the law department draft the bill without checking the ground realities?" It will be a blunder in the history of the provincial assembly if it is not corrected, said MQM's Khwaja Izharul Hassan.
"All members should have pointed out the mistakes," Dr Sikandar Mandhro said. "The bill has yet to be enacted into law as it is pending the governor's approval," he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 8th, 2014.
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