The provincial minister for excise and taxation and narcotics control, Mukesh Kumar Chawla, has said that the excise department is considering the transfer of ownership of any vehicle that the transferee and transferor should appear before the Motor Registration Authority to sign the transfer deed of the vehicle along with the original file in order to maintain transparency in the registration and avoid any unpleasant situation.

Presiding over a meeting, he said that SOP was being prepared for finalising hire consulting services to scan data and the facility for new registration of commercial and non commercial vehicles and duplicate number plates might be provided at regional level to facilitate the owners of the vehicles. He added, "Provision of facility of registration of auctioned vehicles at the regional headquarters is also underway."

Mukesh Kumar Chawla directed the officers to facilitate the people and maintain transparency at all levels and if anyone was found guilty in any kind of maladministration and malfunctioning he would take severe action against him. The director general of excise and taxation, Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, briefed the minister on the ongoing upgrading process in the department. The secretary of excise and taxation and Narcotics Control, Abdul Haleem Shaikh, also attended the meeting.

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