Karachi’s newly launched faceless e-challan regime issued 2,662 tickets worth more than Rs12.5 million within six hours on Tuesday, the traffic police said.
According to the Karachi Traffic Police report, as many as 419 challans were issued for overspeeding; three for driving on lane lines; four for stop-line violations; and 1,535 for not wearing seat belts. The report added that 166 challans were issued for red-light violations and 507 for riding without helmets.
Further tickets included four for wrong-way driving on one-way streets, seven for tinted windows, five for illegal parking, 32 for using mobile phones while driving, three for driving in the wrong direction, and five for no-parking violations. Three challans for wrong-way driving were also recorded. The rollout followed the inauguration of the Traffic Regulation and Citation System (TRACS) at the Central Police Office by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday, marking a milestone in the province’s digital transformation and governance reforms.
CM Murad explained that the new system replaces the outdated manual ticketing process with a fully automated e-ticketing mechanism, utilising advanced AI-integrated CCTV cameras to detect violations such as over-speeding, red light jumping and helmet non-compliance.
The system removes human discretion, confrontation and potential bias, ensuring fairness and accountability on the roads.