Punjab vehicle amendments
DLP Report
PESHAWAR
Shaheen Peshawar Goods Carrier Association, along with several other goods transport organizations, announced a complete wheel-jam strike from Khyber to Karachi on December 8 in protest against what they termed “cruel amendments” to the Punjab Vehicle Ordinance approved by the Punjab Assembly.
Speaking at a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club (PPC) here on Friday, association leaders Haji Waheed Mohmand, Vice President Haji Aurangzeb, General Secretary Shahid Aizaz, and other office bearers criticized the Punjab government for unilaterally amending the ordinance “in haste,” claiming it amounted to the economic murder of goods transporters from Gilgit-Baltistan to KP.
They said that fines ranging from Rs15,000 to Rs60,000 were being imposed on transporters in Punjab under various pretexts, including vehicle fitness and documentation.
“Our earnings are far less than the fines we are being forced to pay. It is better for us to park our vehicles at home,” they added, warning that transporters across KP were facing severe financial distress as a result.
Haji Waheed Mohmand announced that no small or large goods vehicles would operate on December 8, and the strike would continue until the Punjab government withdrew the amendments.
He alleged that 75 percent of the goods business belongs to people from KP, yet transporters were being targeted with unprecedented fines. He further claimed that transporters were being fined by motorway police and simultaneously exploited by customs officials “without any justification.”
The association demanded the immediate withdrawal of the amendments and warned of stronger measures, including hunger strikes, road sit-ins, and arrests, if their concerns were not addressed.
They also announced that they would approach the courts against the decision.
Haji Waheed added that the Mini Mazda Bus Association of Peshawar had also expressed full support for the planned wheel-jam strike on December 8.
