By Adnan Rafique
ISLAMABAD: The Excise and Taxation department has asked the Islamabad registered vehicle owners to pay their token tax at any National Database and Registration Authority’s (Nadra) e-sahulat centres across the country to avoid long queues amid COVID-19.
The motorists can avail the opportunity after getting them registered on City Islamabad app, developed by National Information Technology Board (NITB) for the federal capital dwellers to provide them public services of local administration department through online.
The visitor would show the code at the e-sahulat center, received on the app so the payment could be done. The system was connected with all e-sahulat centre of NADRA, said Director Excise Bilal Azam while talking here on Tuesday. To a query, he said there would be no gathering as there were multiple e-sahulat centres working across the country.
The department was also considering direct online payment methods to pay vehicle token fee, registration and transfer fee through integrating credit cards, bank accounts and other payment methods, he said while responding to another query and hoped that the things would be done soon.
Meanwhile, the federal capital citizens have complained about the issues being faced while visiting e-sahulat centres and using the app.
They urged the authorities to resolve their grievances on war footing to relief the masses and make the whole payment system online so the people may submit their fees without visiting the offices.
Haider ali, a visitor at e-sahulat franchise sector I-8 said it took about twenty to thirty minutes to submit his vehicle token fee.
