KARACHI: As many as 4, 140 under-age drivers and 1, 640 parents/owners of the vehicles were fined for permitting under-age to drive during past six days in Karachi.
According to Traffic Police Karachi spokesman on Wednesday, the traffic police under the directives of Sindh High Court launched a campaign against under-age drivers and parents/vehicle owners for giving under-age the permission to drive.
The spokesman informed that during the past six days i.e. September 2nd to 7th, the traffic police fined 4140 under-age drivers and imposed challans of Rs 2, 070, 000 while 1, 640 parents or owners of vehicle were fined and challans of Rs 1, 640, 000 were imposed for permitting the under-age to drive.
Moreover, 3916 vehicles were also confiscated during the campaign.