{"id":16670,"date":"2025-10-09T13:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=16670"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:31:19","slug":"islamabad-high-court-directs-traffic-police-to-issue-warning-and-fines-instead-of-criminal-cases-for-driving-without-a-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=16670","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad High Court Directs Traffic Police to Issue Warning and Fines Instead of Criminal Cases for Driving Without a License"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"3af06d67-189a-43f1-92ce-e07f61b52fa3\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-54\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"6b33f782-bb11-4fd2-8207-04df5c6b58f3\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"1938\" data-end=\"2199\"><strong>The Islamabad High Court has directed the Islamabad Traffic Police not to immediately register criminal cases against citizens driving without a license. Instead, the court instructed that initial action should be taken through warnings and fines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2201\" data-end=\"2602\">Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar remarked during the hearing that while criminal cases may be filed in cases of negligent or reckless driving, initiating a criminal case solely for not having a license would create an unnecessary legal burden and stigma for citizens. He said such cases lead to citizens\u2019 names being added to criminal records, which can have long-term negative consequences.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2604\" data-end=\"2931\">During the hearing, CTO Islamabad Captain (R) Hamza Humayun informed the court that so far, no citizen has been charged for driving without a license. He added that following the awareness campaign, public response has been encouraging, with a record number of applications for driving licenses submitted over the past month.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2933\" data-end=\"3241\">The Chief Justice observed that if a citizen possesses a valid license but does not have a hard copy, they should be allowed to present a digital copy on their mobile phone. The court proposed linking the traffic system with NADRA\u2019s digital verification system to enable online authentication of documents.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3243\" data-end=\"3404\">The court ruled that in cases where a citizen fails to present their license, the first step should be a fine and a warning. The petition was then disposed of.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Islamabad High Court has directed the Islamabad Traffic Police not to immediately register criminal cases against citizens driving without a license. Instead, the court instructed that initial action should be taken through warnings and fines. Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar remarked during the hearing that while criminal cases may be filed in cases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[8816,1570,282,4835,6250,8817],"class_list":["post-16670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-driving-license","tag-fine","tag-islamabad-high-court","tag-nadra","tag-traffic-police","tag-traffic-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16672,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16670\/revisions\/16672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}