Overview
- Traffic police recorded over 4,000 e-challans in the first 24 hours, with officials earlier citing more than Rs21.5 million collected in fines.
- The rollout showed impartial enforcement as a vehicle assigned to Karachi’s traffic chief was fined Rs10,000 for a seatbelt violation.
- Coverage currently spans major corridors with about 200 cameras active and roughly 30% of areas equipped, with plans to scale to 12,000 cameras and to ticket only roads with proper markings and signals.
- Heavy vehicles must carry trackers linked to the traffic office, with Rs100,000 fines for non-compliance from November 1 and up to Rs20,000 for speeding, and Pakistan Post will deliver e-challans within one to three days.
- TRACS integrates with excise, driving licence and NADRA e-Sahulat systems, offers an app and Sahulat centres for payments and appeals, includes a 50% early-payment discount, prompts warnings about fake SMS messages, and faces criticism from JI over infrastructure and fairness.