Punjab government declares Careem & Uber illegal

The government of Punjab has declared the mobile app taxi service providers including Careem, Uber, and A-One as illegal.

A notice “Illegal Operations of private cars as taxi under the hood of Careem, Uber and A-One cab service in Lahore” has been issued by the Punjab Provincial Transport Authority to the Chief Traffic Officer as well as to the Chief Executive Officer of Lahore Transport Company.

The notification reads that the above mentioned companies have been offering cab services via mobile application without registering the private vehicles along with any regulatory body and without getting fitness certificate/route permits of the private cars, hence causing massive loss to the Government.

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Furthermore, the unregistered vehicles can be a threat to security. By doing so, these companies are violating a lot of sections of Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965.

Moreover, the drivers are not cleared by the security authorities.

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A strict action will be taken against these companies and their services will be halted in Lahore for the safety of public.

There has been no information regarding the fact that whether their services in other cities of Punjab will be banned or not.