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Islamabad e challan: check by vehicle number or ticket ID on the ITP portal, pay with the PSID, see the fines and what happens if you don't pay.
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You check an Islamabad e-challan on the E-Challan Verification page linked from islamabadpolice.gov.pk, by vehicle number or ticket ID. The results list each challan's date, ticket number, PSID, amount and whether it is paid, but no photo. Fines are set by a September 2023 notification: Rs 2,000 for a signal violation and Rs 1,000 for riding without a helmet. The ITP helpline is 1915. In August 2026 Islamabad police impounded more than 7,000 vehicles for traffic violations.
To check an Islamabad e-challan, open E-Challan Verification on the Islamabad Police website (islamabadpolice.gov.pk) and search by your vehicle number or ticket ID. The page lists every challan with its amount, a PSID payment number and whether it is paid. Fines come from a September 2023 notification: Rs 2,000 for a signal violation and Rs 1,000 for riding without a helmet. For help, call the ITP helpline, 1915.
The Islamabad Police home page links “E-Challan Verification” to the Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) page at traffic.islamabadpolice.gov.pk/Echallan. The steps below follow that page as of 24 October 2026.
The page says traffic violations “are issued electronically via the e-Challan system” and gives 051-9001541 for queries.
Not on the official page. Its results table has no photo column as of October 2026: you see the date, ticket, PSID, amount and status only.
If you think a challan is wrong, call 051-9001541 or 1915 and ask what evidence the challan is based on. Have the ticket ID ready.
ITP lists e-challans among its online services, for “issuance, tracking and online payment”. Each challan on the verification page carries a PSID, the payment slip ID you pay through a bank app or wallet. See PSID challan for how a PSID payment works.
In August 2026 ITP told drivers to pay only through authorised banking apps, using the official consumer ID, and never through a link in a text message (PakWheels). In 2023, police said challans could be paid through the JazzCash app or the JS Bank wallet (APP). We couldn’t confirm which banks and wallets list ITP challans today, so check the PSID in your own bank app’s bill payment section.
The interior ministry raised Islamabad’s fines in September 2023 at ITP’s request, with a minimum fine of Rs 500 (Dawn, The Nation). We found no newer notification. These are the common ones:
| Offence | Motorcycle | Car or LTV | Bus or truck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over-speeding | Rs 1,000 | Rs 1,500 | Rs 2,000 (PSV), Rs 2,500 (HTV) |
| No helmet | Rs 1,000 | – | – |
| No seat belt (driver or front passenger) | – | Rs 1,000 | Rs 1,500 |
| Mobile phone while driving | Rs 1,000 | Rs 1,500 | Rs 2,000 |
| Driving without a licence | Rs 1,000 | Rs 2,000 | Rs 8,000 |
| One-way violation | Rs 1,000 | Rs 2,000 | Rs 8,000 (PSV) |
| Improper U-turn | Rs 500 | Rs 1,000 | Rs 1,500 |
| Tinted glass | – | Rs 1,500 | – |
LTV is a light transport vehicle, PSV a public service vehicle such as a bus, and HTV a heavy transport vehicle. A signal violation is Rs 2,000 (The Nation) and underage driving Rs 2,500 (Dawn); neither report splits these by vehicle. One-wheeling costs Rs 5,000 plus one month in jail (Dawn).
For a car, The Nation gave the mobile phone fine as Rs 2,000, against Dawn’s Rs 1,500. We show Dawn’s figure because its list is fuller. Islamabad’s fines are lower than Karachi’s: compare e-challan in Karachi.
Police warned defaulters in September 2023 to pay or have their vehicles impounded, and face legal action (APP). In August 2026 alone, ITP impounded more than 7,000 vehicles and motorcycles for traffic violations, its own report says.
An Auditor General audit, reported by TechJuice in 2026, found 34,878 Safe City e-challans worth Rs 21.10 million unpaid. It also found no check that fines were cleared when a vehicle was transferred or its token tax paid. So an unpaid challan may not stop a transfer today, but it still shows as unpaid on the ITP page.
The audit said Safe City Islamabad is linked to the Islamabad and Punjab excise records, and had asked Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan for the same link (TechJuice). For challans from Punjab’s own Safe City cameras, see e-challan in Punjab.
ITP’s August 2026 report shows what it enforces most: more than 13,000 lane violations, 10,000 illegal parking cases, 5,000 wrong-way cases and 5,300 riders without helmets.
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Open the E-Challan Verification link on islamabadpolice.gov.pk, choose Vehicle Number, type it without dashes, add the captcha and press Verify Challan. The page lists your paid and unpaid challans.
Not on the ITP verification page as of October 2026. Its results show the date, ticket number, PSID, amount and status, with no photo column. Call 051-9001541 or 1915 to ask about the evidence.
1915 is the Islamabad Traffic Police helpline. The e-challan page itself gives 051-9001541 for queries.
We couldn't confirm an official SMS number or sender. ITP warned in August 2026 that fake challan texts with payment links are going round, so check every message on the official page first.
Rs 1,000, under the interior ministry notification of September 2023 reported by Dawn. We found no newer change.
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