The Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) devised by the federal government:

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a) Luxury vehicles which have been in use for over ten years and require major repair will be disposed off through an open auction after completing legal formalities.

b) Non-custom paid and tampered luxury vehicles irrespective of their model, make and type will be handed over to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for allocation to ministries, divisions and institutions as per FBR’s existing rules. If required, disposal of the leftover vehicles will be arranged through open auction as per the current FBR policy.

c) Luxury vehicles retrieved by the federal government will be included in the central pool of the cabinet for protocol duties of state guests, visiting foreign delegates, chairman senate, speakers of national assembly, chief justices of high courts, chief justice of supreme court, governors and chief ministers during their visit to Islamabad.

d) Vehicles confiscated by the provincial governments will be allocated with the approval of the provincial cabinet or disposed off through auction in line with mechanisms formulated by the respective provincial governments.

e) The luxury vehicles retrieved by the federal and provincial government will be utilized by the federal and respective provincial government with approval of the concerned authorities. These include the federal cabinet and the provincial cabinet.

Moreover, the retrieved vehicles will be allocated keeping in mind the terrain based requirements. These vehicles will be used for the following purposes:

(1) For protocol duties of the president, prime minister, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, chairman senate, governors, chief ministers, speakers of national and provincial assemblies, and foreign dignitaries.

(2) For security purpose

Published in Daily Times, July 31st 2018.

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