Overview
- Automated tag readers at major entry points will become fully operational on January 1, identifying vehicles without M-Tags for enforcement action.
- Authorities have opened 16 issuance points and issued nearly 100,000 tags since November 14 to facilitate registration.
- The requirement applies to all vehicles entering the capital regardless of origin, with officials warning that no exemptions will be granted after the deadline.
- Vehicles already equipped with an existing m-tag are not required to obtain a new tag under the policy.
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi inspected Safe City headquarters and directed the transition toward a unified Capital Smart City integrating traffic, security, Rescue 1122 and the Capital Development Authority, with Islamabad set as the model for national expansion.