Category: Travel and Transportation

A significant increase in the fines on Pakistani motorways have been announced. The new fines will be applicable from 1st of October 2023. Usually the traffic violation fines in Pakistan are very low in amount as compared to other countries. Sometimes amounts are so low that people do not care about them. The higher fines will mean that people will be more careful and will tend to follow the laws more often. In my personal opinion, instead of increasing the toll tax, motorway police should try to increase their revenue by increasing these fines. So I personally think this increase in fines on motorways, is good, as existing fine amount are too low in case of many violations. Details of […]

National Highways Authority (NHA) have increased the toll tax rates of motorway M2, the motorway which connects Islamabad to Lahore. The new rates have took effect immediately on August 25, 2023. The new rates are as follows. Vehicle Types End to End Amount Per KM Rate (Rs) Cars, Jeeps & Pickups Rs. 1100 3.07 Vans Rs. 1840 5.15 Coasters Rs. 2590 7.22 Coaches Rs. 3690 10.29 Trucks Rs. 4800 13.39 Trailers Rs. 6170 17.22 People are already not happy with how deterioration in the local currency and other factors are resulting in the increase in fuel prices. Which results in overall increase in the travel and transportation costs. This new increase in the toll taxes will further add to the […]