In Karachi: Motor Vehicle Registration Authority Karachi has increased the number plate fee for motorcycles from Rs500 to Rs1,450.
Moreover, the department is not issuing number plates despite a three hundred per cent increase in the fee. The matter of delay in issuing number plates for motorcycles in Sindh has been a problem for the last 15 years and about two million motorcycles are running on roads without official number plates, industry sources said.
The prices of motorcycles have already gone out of reach of the common man.
The buyers of new motorcycles have to pay Rs6,160 extra at the time of registration of the two-wheeler vehicle, which includes Rs1,450 for the number plate, Rs750 for smart card, Rs2,160 for registration fee and Rs1,600 as motor vehicle tax.