By Ali Imran
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to launch an online portal to address vehicle registration and token payment complaints under the Prime Minister’s Petrol Relief Scheme.
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Senator Ahad Khan Cheema said in Islamabad on Thursday that the fuel relief scheme was progressing successfully across the country.
The minister was chairing a meeting to review the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Fuel Relief Scheme, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, Federal Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik, Federal Minister for IT Shaza Fatima Khawaja, the Minister of State for Finance, and representatives of relevant institutions and provincial governments attended the meeting.
The Ministry of IT and the Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA) briefed the meeting on the implementation of the scheme. It was informed that more than five million people had registered under the scheme and fuel tokens were being generated successfully.
Registration-related and other issues at most petrol pumps had also been resolved, the meeting was told.
The meeting reviewed registration difficulties faced by some rickshaw and loader owners, particularly those whose vehicles were not registered with provincial Excise Departments. Provincial representatives informed the meeting that the registration of rickshaws had begun.
Eligible owners will be able to benefit from the scheme once their vehicles are registered. The meeting was also informed that owners of registered motorcycles were receiving relief under the scheme.
Minister Cheema directed authorities to address registration-related issues faced by rickshaw and loader owners promptly. He said eligible owners should not be left out of the relief effort and asked the Pakistan Digital Authority to include vehicle registration and token payment complaints in a dedicated portal, which should be made operational at the earliest.
The PDA informed the meeting that it would work to launch the portal as soon as possible so users could register complaints and seek resolution of their issues.
The minister said real-time updates and feedback from these visits were helping improve the system.
The meeting was informed that most payments to petrol pumps had been made. State Bank representatives said pending payment issues were expected to be resolved within a day or two.
