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title: "Islamabad traffic police ordered to stop filing Section 279 PPC cases for violations"
description: "Most outlets reported that Deputy Inspector General Ali Waseem directed traffic officers not to register cases under Section 279 of the PPC for traffic violations and instead impose fines. The framing and wording were largely consistent, with both excerpts emphasizing the directive to avoid criminal cases in favor of fines. No significant differences in emphasis or framing were evident across the coverage."
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# Islamabad traffic police ordered to stop filing Section 279 PPC cases for violations

pakistan · updated 28 Sep 2026, 2:34 PM PKT · 28 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that Deputy Inspector General Ali Waseem directed traffic officers not to register cases under Section 279 of the PPC for traffic violations and instead impose fines. The framing and wording were largely consistent, with both excerpts emphasizing the directive to avoid criminal cases in favor of fines. No significant differences in emphasis or framing were evident across the coverage.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **The Nation** — [Islamabad traffic police directed to avoid cases over violations](https://www.nation.com.pk/28-Sep-2026/islamabad-traffic-police-directed-avoid-cases-violations) · 28 Sep 2026, 2:34 PM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Islamabad Ali Waseem has directed traffic officers not to register cases under Section 279 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) for traffic violations and instead impose fines in accordance with the law.
- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [DIG Ali directs no FIRs under section 279 PPC for traffic violations, orders fines instead](https://www.app.com.pk/national/dig-ali-directs-no-firs-under-section-279-ppc-for-traffic-violations-orders-fines-instead/) · 28 Sep 2026, 11:39 AM PKT · 90% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD, Sep 28 (APP):Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Islamabad Ali Waseem has directed traffic officers not to register cases under Section 279 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) for traffic violations, asking them to impose fines in accordance with law instead. According to an official, the directions were issued as part of measures to avoid unnecessary...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 28 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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