Two areas every Pakistani needs to cover ASAP!

Our state is going through extremely tough times due to the current security situation and there is a lot that those in the top seats are supposed to do; but some steps need to be taken by every Pakistani for the security of the state and specially for keeping themselves safe from SERIOUS problems.

1. Check the SIMS issued in your name:

Keeping your security as a priority, Pakistan Telecom Authority has introduced a system whereby you can find the number of SIMs of each mobile operator registered under your name. Just follow the simple steps below:

•  SMS your CNIC number (13 digits, with no spaces of dashes) to 668 from your mobile.
• PTA will immediately send you an SMS telling you the number of active SIMs of any operator issued in your name
• On receiving the SMS, if there are any unexpected SIMs in your name, contact the nearest Customer Service Center of the relevant mobile operator with your original CNIC and mobile phone. You can fill out PTA’s prescribed form and get all unwanted numbers removed from your name within 48 hours of the receipt of the complaint.

Since this service is exclusively available over SMS to 668, Customer Services will not be able to share the list of numbers registered against your CNIC with customers. After you file your complaint, your 668 status/SIM information will be updated within 45 days of receipt of the complaint.

2. Make sure the vehicles that you have sold are still not on your name:

Most of us while selling their vehicles hand over an open transfer letter enabling the new owner to either get it transferred on their name or just keep in on yours till they decide to sell it to someone else and so on.

While ensuring now that you are completely covered with regards to all the vehicles you have sold till date is not an easy task, at least make some effort and try contacting those people or the specific departments to check the current status of the vehicle. The stamp paper i.e. sale deed you signed while selling the car would become handy later on but the unimaginable situation you would face explaining it to the security agencies how your vehicle is not with you now and your ignorance about its whereabouts would not be pretty.

You can go through this topic "vehicle verification services in Pakistan, and the risks that remain" to make sure you are doing whatever you can to keep yourself safe from buying a vehicle with legal issues attached.

Act now so that you do not regret it later!