Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) fined 530 VIPs during the current year including parliamentarians, diplomats and bureaucrats, police said here Sunday.
“Elimination of VIP culture and equal application of law are the operational codes of the ITP which has become the model of excellence for all law enforcement agencies in the country,” SSP Traffic Farrukh Rasheed said. He said performance of traffic police personnel is being reviewed continuously and every possible effort would be made to improve it.
As per basic objectives defined at the time of inception of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) on January 28, 2006, SSP (Traffic) said it personnel are ensuring equal implementation of law and they fined 530 VIPs on traffic rules violation during the ongoing year.
The VIPs fined during the ongoing year included 21 MNAs/MPAs, eight Senators, seven army officials, 111 government officials, 229 senior police officers, 57 diplomats, 55 media persons and six Judiciary officers among others.
“Whether there is any VIP or common people on the road, everyone is equal to us and it is our responsibility to save his life through ensuring implementation on traffic rules,”.—APP
