The drive to change number plates in the province of Sindh has come to a halt as on the request of an important figure in the government of Sindh the deadline for changing your number plates has been extended by a few months.

The poor motorcycle owners must have heaved a sigh of relief because they were the most affected having to buy this number plate at a cost they could ill afford.

As it is they are constantly hounded for non-use of helmets by them, which again is a costly affair for the lower middle classes. I have always wondered why the provincial government does not set up fair price shops where those that cannot afford to buy helmets can get them at reasonable price.

This will while providing relief to the affected people can also provide employment to some of the unemployed. It is all the more necessary as the fair price shops in the province known as utility stores have been shut down making a large number of people unemployed. We........

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