I had been driving without a license for a couple of years but I ultimately decided to get one after a trivial traffic incident. People had been suggesting me to bribe one of the agents outside LOS Traffic Police Line, Thokar Niaz Baig Lahore to get one made, but I could not break my principles and so I decided to take the normal route.
The menace started the moment I entered the premises of LOS Traffic Police Centre, Thokar Niaz Baig at 8:30 am. Since cell phones are not allowed in the premises, I had to stand in a long queue for 20 minutes to handover my phone to the concerned department, but that wasn’t all. After crossing a few entries I saw another long queue, about 300 meters long. Trying to save my time, I instantly joined the queue from the tail and started waiting for my turn to submit the file containing the required documents. 40 degrees under the burning sun, it took me more than an hour to get to the window and submit my file.
After submitting the file, I was issued a token, numbered 275, for the interview. So at 10:45am they started with the interviews with token number 1. The pitiable candidate with token number 275 was called in at 1:45pm, yes, 3 hours of wait! However, thankfully within no time I was sent to the driving test section with a signed and stamped file. At the test section, I saw a young boy, probably in his early 20’s, taking his driving test. He started the car, put it in first gear and failing to manage the clutch momentum, crashed the car in a column of hurdles. To my surprise, he was proclaimed “PASSED” by the inspector in charge perhaps due to an influential reference. However, my driving test went well and after getting through the test I went to the snap shot cabin to submit my file where AGAIN I waited for 15 minutes in a queue to get to the window. At last, I was unchained from the prison at 3:00pm after wasting my whole day of university!
Next day, I received a call from the district court that said, “we have received your file without your snap shot. Please visit us tomorrow at 9:30 am sharp”. Who would believe that I lingered under the scorching heat for 15 good minutes to get a snap shot? I realized it was another day to be wasted! So, the next day I went to the district court, received my file from the window, got a snap shot and that was all, I was finally done by 11 am, but at the cost of another university day.
Exactly 3 days later, I received a parcel at my residence containing the driving license. I opened the parcel instantly, and what pissed me off was the License snap shot being the one taken at LOS Police centre and not the District court. After such an experience with a simple issue of getting a license issued fairly, what I have concluded is that you have no respect in Pakistan unless:
- You have a strong reference, or
- You offer or accept bribes.
agent dhoond laity koi to na din zya hota na paseena :p
getting a driver's licence abroad is way way difficult than this. u just spent a day and got it made, where as people abroad have to spend months
Dear the procedure you mentioned is really cozy. U r blessed to have it all done in a day or two.
Yaar rona band karo… System nhi hota tow rotay ho kh loot maat hay, jab system hay tow takleef hoti hay… Next time try the winter season for yr long queue sessions. And please post a positive review how you got license in yr city in a couple of weeks.
Please bro show the positive side of the picture not the negative that u want strong reference or bla bla and wasting uni days worth your effort and you've got your license on the very next day.
You are a fool… Paisay lgao kaam bnao
and what was the total cost ?? fees etc ..
Atleast be happy that the system is working, and its working well. It takes time, Yes. But think about the departments which are worse than this. I find this blog post uncalled for, and is screaming the "Burger child" nature of the writer. Though the conclusion is pretty much true, so yeah … not completely wrong there, buddy.
see u were supposed to keep ur "principles" at side find a agent and pay him some extra cash if u didnt wanna have to complain
Shuker karo oral test nahi hova us mein fail kerte aur 3 months baad phir ana perta to phir pata chalta yahan without reference kaam kervana kitna mushkil hota h.
I have to face almost same situation even worse when I went for renewal of my License in Khi … its all about bribe and reference! However after few hours of struggle I was able to renew it without paying a single penny…where there a will there is a way! You took a Good stand by sticking by your principles as it is also prohibited in Islam / for a Muslim to take bribe or to give one.
"People had been suggesting me to bribe one of the agents outside LOS Traffic Police Line, Thokar Niaz Baig Lahore to get one made, but I could not break my principles"
your principles? is driving without a license fine?
Guys does anyone know if a gujranwala or faislabad license can be renewed from lahore?
license's don't mean much as long as he can drive fine and obeys traffic laws, the boy who crashed the car also got a license. bribe is a bigger sin.
who is the real fool here??? one who faced a hot, exhausting day or the one who will burn in hell?????
You wanna know what happened to me when I went to renew my license last time…???
After waiting in long ques, when I went to the eye test room, I was announced failed, I could not read the letters when I should be able to easily. I was shocked and they failed me, and told me where to go next after having a doc fix an eye glass for me.
The very same night, I went to my eye doctor and he tested my eyes, they were perfectly okay and I could see 6×6 easily. The doctor smiled and told me you are not the only one with this, I get many people complaining this and they have some thing setup in the eye test rooms, either the distance is not fair, or some sort of tempering in their position and equipment.
Then I recalled that I was not the only one with shocked face, when I came outside, there were atleast 3-4 other people like me, that were rejected by eye test. They were shocked as well as angry.
I went to the police hospital the next day and got my eyes tested from their again, which were cleared at that time. I was so much pissed off, that for a moment I though I should tell the commissioner when he interviewed me and asked, that “oh did your forget your glasses during the test?”, but then I only said “yes sir”.
So, its true that it is very difficult to get your things done from govt. departments. But atleast you should try, and after that if you are doomed to pay, then it is not your fault.
actually you look more pissed at waiting in the que. Learn patience, if you cant spare a day for license, you dont deserve it. Driving alone is not the issue… Though its not fair to compare it with UAE’s procedure, but please ask the people how much they have to wait there to get the license, sometimes weeks….
that doesnt sound that bad. Atleast you did the right thing. bribing is wrong.
Pakistan main koi kaam rishwat ke beghar nahi hota .allah tallah ko bhi pata ha . Woh raheem kareem ha .hum insanoe ki tarha nahi .