Karachi:Caretaker Sindh Minister for Irrigation, Public Health Engineering and Rural Development, Interprovincial Coordination and Excise and Taxation Mushtaq Ahmed Shah has asked Sindh Excise Department to establish Facilitation Centres/ Registration Centres for the registration of the vehicles at least at 5 points in Karachi such as North Nazimabad, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Saddar, Clifton and Defence to reduce rush of citizens at Civic Centre, Karachi.
This he said while paying surprise visit to Motor Vehicle Registration Office, Civic Centre, Karachi here on Monday.
On this occasion Secretary Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Aijaz Ahmed Mahesar and Director General Excise and Taxation Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh were also present.
Mushtaq Ahmed Shah asked the officers to decentralize the Registration Process and to establish such centers at district level to provide relief to citizens and also use modern techniques to facilitate people.
He also directed the officers to encourage citizens to get their vehicles registered at regional headquarters so that the burden might be reduced at Karachi Centre.
On this occasion, Director General Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh informed the Caretaker Minister that online payment of the taxes would be made functional soon.
Mushtaq Ahmed Shah suggested to further improve the website of the Excise and Taxation Department and to assign a focal person to redress the issues pertaining to modernize the department.