Sindh Excise Department Sets April 3 Deadline for Ajrak-Designed Number Plates

The Ajrak design, a cultural hallmark of Sindh, was made mandatory for all four-wheelers last month. In an effort to ensure compliance, the provincial government issued notices to over three million private and commercial vehicle owners, granting them a relatively short timeframe of three months to transition to the new plates.

Implementation Plan

The minister of the province called a meeting to which senior officers were summoned including Secretary Excise Muhammad Saleem Rajput, DIG Traffic Police Karachi Ahmed Nawaz, representatives of the National Highway Authority, and representatives from Safe City. In this meeting, the provincial minister, Chawla, demanded an effective deployment and enforcement plan for the newly issued number plates.

 At the Civic Center and the Facilitation Centers of the Excise Department, there will be counters to obtain the new number plates to ensure a hassle-free, single-window facility.

The check posts of the traffic police will be the key in ensuring on-time distribution of the plates. Specific procedures will be taken to make the process easy for the citizens.

In the same meeting, Secretary Excise Rajput and DIG Traffic Police Karachi Nawaz briefed the minister on the implementation strategy. The briefing included a detailed roadmap for penalizing non-compliance. Minister Chawla emphasized that the new plate rollout should be integrated with the motor vehicle tax violations and traffic rule enforcement.

These number plates, inspired by Ajrak, celebrate Sindh's cultural heritage while modernizing the registration system. The government expects that owners of vehicles will accept this as an initiative of pride and a step toward greater regulation on the roads.

Vehicle owners are urged to act promptly to avoid fines or penalties after the April 3 deadline. With millions of vehicles to process, compliance within the timeline will require citizen cooperation and efficient administrative execution.