CCPO Lahore opens Online Driving Licensing and Testing Centre
Lahore: Capital City Police Officer Lahore Additional IG Fayyaz Ahmad Dev has said that provision of online facilities to the citizens in accordance with the technology based smart community policing is the ultimate mission of Lahore Police.
Network of online Driving Licensing and Testing Centres has been extended to maximum areas of the city where the citizens are being facilitated in related traffic police matters and driving licenses by online modern integrated system. He expressed these views on Wednesday while inaugurating the fifth state of the art digitalized online Driving Licensing and Driving Testing Certre at Greater Iqbal Park Lahore.
It is pertinent to mention that the DLTC of Greater Iqbal Park Lahore is the fourth centre after Defense, Bahria Town and Manawan with the facility of online signatures verification by the candidates of licenses which will minimize the possibilities of any discrimination and enhance transparency in licensing mechanism. The CCPO Lahore Fayyaz Ahmad Dev also inspected the process and standard of online submission for license by a citizen with signature facility as well as service delivery mechanism at the Centre along with his in camera driving testing process. CTO Lahore Muntazir Mehdi, SP Headquarters traffic Shahzad Ahmad, senior officers of City Traffic Police, traffic wardens and citizens were present in the inaugural ceremony. Chief Traffic Officer Lahore Muntazir Mehdi while briefing CCPO Lahore about the facilities said, the state of the art centre at Greater Iqbal Park will reduce the load of traffic police at other testing centres and solve the issues of the citizens improving overall performance of traffic police whereas paperless license issuing system and automated driving test recording system have proved significant steps towards smart and community policing. CCPO Lahore Fayyaz Ahmad Dev said that modern integrated Driving License Testing Centres will provide facilities of renewal, fresh and international traffic licensing to maximum citizens of North Lahore,Walled city and adjacent areas. Commander Lahore Police said with the Grater Iqbal Park Driving Licensing and Testing Centre, the total number of DLTCs in the city has reached to five. He further said that this modern facility will soon be available to the citizens at Liberty Police Facilitation Centre. There are nineteen Licensing Centres and three mobile Licensing Vans and five DLTCs rendering service to the citizens whereas around 06 lakh citizens on average have been provided driving licensing related facilities at these centres annually, CTO Muntazir Mehdi added. Keeping in view the facility of the public, Rasta App of Traffic Police is also very helpful to get Driving License Testing facility information as now citizens can download this app and get updated information regarding licensing services by their mobile and can also book their visit time by which they will not have to wait for their turn. CCPO Lahore Fayyaz Ahmad Dev also visited adjacent Police Khidmat Centre and inspected the services being provided to the citizens. He also announced cash awards for the well dressed traffic police officers with neat and clean uniforms. Fayyaz Ahmad Dev said that use of modern technology has made official matters more transparent and also accelerated the speed of service delivery to save precious time and money of the citizens.
