{"id":61446,"date":"2020-02-15T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61446"},"modified":"2020-02-14T15:15:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T10:15:02","slug":"punjab-dept-amends-motor-vehicles-rules-register-private-transport-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-dept-amends-motor-vehicles-rules-register-private-transport-companies.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab dept amends motor vehicles rules to register private transport companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab Transport Department has amended the rules of the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1965, in order to register online private transport companies operating in the province, a news source reported. To this effect, the officials concerned have dispatched the summary to the provincial cabinet for approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-invite-applicants-cholistan-land-allotment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Punjab to invite applicants for Cholistan land allotment (opens in a new tab)\"> Punjab to invite applicants for Cholistan land allotment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, the\ndepartment made several revisions to the ordinance following a series of\nmeetings, which took place during the last six months, with the representatives\nof private ride-hailing services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequently, the\namendments were shared with the internal legal branch and later, with finance,\nregulations, and law department for further insight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The publication also disclosed that a sub-committee of the provincial cabinet had approved these amendments, which would be presented before the cabinet for ratification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/100-days-epay-punjab-collects-pkr-500mn-taxes-mobile-app.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"100 Days of ePay: Punjab collects PKR 500 mn (opens in a new tab)\">100 Days of ePay: Punjab collects PKR 500 mn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the proposals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/online-transport-system-for-lahore-cards.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"online transport  (opens in a new tab)\">online transport <\/a>companies are not allowed to operate without registering under a license and maintaining it. Initially, the companies will have to pay PKR 5 million for a license, which will remain valid for three years. Afterward, they can renew their licenses for PKR 2 million. However, the companies which fail to get themselves registered will be fined up to PKR 3 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab Transport Department has amended the rules of the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1965, in order to register online private transport companies operating in the province, a news source reported. To this effect, the officials concerned have dispatched the summary to the provincial cabinet for approval. Read: Punjab to invite applicants for Cholistan land allotment As per the publication, the department made several revisions to the ordinance following a series of meetings, which took place during the last six months, with the representatives of private ride-hailing services. Subsequently, the amendments were shared with the internal legal branch and later, with finance, regulations, and law department for further insight. The publication also disclosed that a sub-committee of the provincial cabinet had approved these amendments, which would be presented before the cabinet for ratification. Read: 100 Days of ePay: Punjab collects PKR 500 mn According to the proposals, online transport companies are not allowed to operate without registering under a license and maintaining it. Initially, the companies will have to pay PKR 5 million for a license, which will remain valid for three years. Afterward, they can renew their licenses for PKR 2 million. However, the companies which fail to get&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[19363,19362,15133,19361],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-motor-vehicle-ordinance","9":"tag-online-transport-companies","10":"tag-punjab-govt","11":"tag-transport-companies","12":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab amends motor vehicles rules transport companies - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab Transport Department has amended the rules of the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1965, in order to register online private transport companies\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-dept-amends-motor-vehicles-rules-register-private-transport-companies.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab amends motor vehicles rules transport companies - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab Transport Department has amended the rules of the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1965, in order to register online private transport companies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-dept-amends-motor-vehicles-rules-register-private-transport-companies.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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