Salaam everyone, I hope everyone is in good health.
This happened today with me and I deemed it important to share with the fellow PakWheels members.
So this is what you get for being a common man travelling in an ordinary car minding your own business.
There is a check-post right next to the I-8 markaz, I don't understand the logic of a check-post within a sector, they are meant to be on the city's main entrance and exit points. Anyway, I was driving my 9 year old Lancer which is quite an ordinary vehicle and while crossing the check-post, the money-thirsty policemen decided to stop me for no reason at all.
They asked me for the documents upon which I gave them my NIC and Driving License but as they have to find "something", they started to ask for the car's documents. The car belongs to my mother and she keeps the papers in a case at home, never gets asked for the documents anywhere.
Anyhow, they remained adamant and said that leave your car with us and go get the papers or else your car shall be impounded. They took the unfair advantage to the fullest because I was driving alone. They misbehaved with me to the highest extent while I was rather being polite and my limbs started trembling owing to certain medical conditions I have, I told them this as well but they did not pay heed.
Then another greedy policeman belonging to the Islamabad Traffic Police stepped in and laughingly asked the others to give him the license. He said he is issuing me a ticket, I was like what have I done wrong? I was driving reasonably wearing my seatbelt not bothering anyone. It was all in vain, when I approached him to take my license he threatened me that not to touch or else.
He issued the ticket under Section 48 which is "Driving in violation of laws or rules not otherwise provided", meaning that he just had to issue the ticket to earn his commission while I wasn't at fault.
Within the hour I visited the check-post again with my uncle but the policemen were not there, they had fled the scene, which is a clear indication of their connivance.
It is pertinent to mention that these people stopped me exactly two days ago while I was in my other car and despite having all the necessary documents including the vehicle's registration book, they bothered me for a good 30 minutes.
Point of posting this is to reveal the mischievous activities of the check-post as they are indeed harassing people and not securing us in any way. Something needs to be done about this as the people who draw their salaries from our taxes and are meant to protect us are the ones who cause us harm in every way they can, be it physical and even psychological.