Overview
- Sindh Police say the camera-based TRACS system has generated more than 17,000 e-challans since going live this week in Karachi.
- Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah approved a one-time waiver for a motorist’s first e-ticket if contested within 10 days, with normal penalties applying to repeat violations.
- Authorities opened 11 facilitation centers and set up an appeals committee, with a 50% discount for payments within 14 days, fines doubling after 21 days, and demerit points leading to license suspension.
- Citizens reported errors such as mismatched number plates and an e-ticket issued to a bike stolen years earlier, highlighting data and implementation gaps.
- Opposition parties pressed the issue in the Sindh Assembly and the Sindh High Court, arguing heavy fines are unfair given broken roads and citing disparities with lower penalties in Lahore.