Islamabad police issued 5,296 fine tickets over using pressure horns during ongoing year.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad police issued 5,296 fine tickets to vehicles using pressure horns during the ongoing year, informed a police spokesman on Thursday. He said that, following the special directions of IGP Islamabad Dr Akbar Nasir Khan, Islamabad police has intensified the crackdown against vehicles causing environmental pollution and using pressure horns. Islamabad police issued fine tickets to 22,434 vehicles for using pressure horns and 2,862 to the smoke-emitting vehicles. In this regard, all zonal DSPs have been directed to take stern action against vehicles polluting the environment while Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) is supervising the campaign. Mobile squads of Islamabad police had been formed to implement the campaign against the smoke-emitting vehicles. Special squads had been constituted in order to conduct regular checking and issued fine tickets against vehicles involved in noise or other environmental pollution in the city.

The purpose of this whole practice is to provide a clean environment to citizens and ensure safety to their health. Meanwhile, Islamabad police have apprehended 20 criminals including 15 proclaimed offenders and court absconders and recovered...