{"id":20879,"date":"2025-01-16T13:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=20879"},"modified":"2025-01-16T13:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:16:18","slug":"govt-employees-salary-to-be-stopped-till-traffic-fine-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/01\/16\/govt-employees-salary-to-be-stopped-till-traffic-fine-paid\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt employees&#8217; salary to be stopped till traffic fine paid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Government vehicles in Lahore have emerged as the leading violators of traffic laws, prompting authorities to consider stricter measures to curb the trend.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new proposal suggests withholding the salaries of government drivers until their traffic fines are paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Athar Waheed has introduced a controversial idea to calculate fines based on social and financial status instead of the nature of the violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The larger the vehicle, the larger the fine,&#8221; 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