E-Challan Check Online in Pakistan: The Official Portal in Every Province

This is what each portal will accept.

The differences matter more than they look. Punjab, Sindh and Islamabad will find a challan you did not know about. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will not, because it needs the number from your slip.

Punjab and Sindh accept the most identifiers

Punjab runs the PSCA E-Challan System at echallan.psca.gop.pk. Its search form asks for two things, both marked required: the number plate, in a format such as ABC 000, ABC 0000 or ABC-00-0000, and either the 13 digit CNIC or the chassis number. You cannot search on a CNIC alone. It still finds challans you were never handed, as long as you know the plate. The portal also points to its mobile app on Google Play and the App Store. Payment routes are in checking a Punjab e-challan, and the PSCA app is covered in the PSCA public safety app guide.

Sindh runs a system called Tracs E-Ticket at challan.sindhpolice.gov.pk, and it accepts the widest set of identifiers of any province: ticket number, CNIC, licence number or plate.

Sindh also publishes something the others do not, and it is worth knowing before you delay. The fine is half price within 14 days, normal from 14 to 21, and doubles after 21 days. At three months a licence is suspended, and at six the system lists CNIC impounding. A wrong ticket can be disputed within 10 days at a Sahulat Centre or on 1915. The full timeline is in checking a Karachi e-challan.

Islamabad now searches by vehicle number or CNIC

Islamabad's check has moved. On 24 October 2026 the Islamabad Traffic Police portal at traffic.islamabadpolice.gov.pk/Echallan was working, and it asks for one of two things: the vehicle number or the CNIC, both typed without dashes, plus a captcha code.

That closes the gap this page used to describe. Until then, the only route was an Excise Islamabad page on a bare numbered address that took a challan number and nothing else. The Excise website no longer lists that challan page. Use the ITP portal instead.

The portal gives 051-9001541 for e-challan queries. Payment routes are in checking and paying an Islamabad e-challan.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa takes the ticket number only

KP Police link a Traffic Challan Verification service, and it sits on ptpkp.gov.pk, the provincial traffic police.

The site shows a security screen first. After it, the form has one box: the challan number. There is no CNIC or number plate search, so keep the slip until the fine is cleared.

The steps, the helpline numbers and the main fines are in the KP e-challan check by ticket number.

Balochistan has vehicle verification, not challan checking

The Balochistan excise department's site offers online vehicle verification, which is a different thing: it confirms a vehicle's registration rather than telling you what fines are outstanding.

That tool works. It takes a registration number and a district from a list of Balochistan districts.

Two things to know about it. It sits on a .com address rather than a .gov.pk one, reached from the department's own homepage, and it carries no government branding or statement of who runs it. We are not making any claim about who operates it. We are telling you what is and is not on the page, because you should know when you are typing a registration number into something you cannot trace.

For an actual challan check in Balochistan, the department's own site links no online service.

Two things that are true in every province

Check by number plate as well as CNIC, if the portal allows it. A challan follows the vehicle. If you have recently bought a car, its unpaid fines may still be attached to it, and if you have recently sold one, a challan may still be pointing at you until the transfer is recorded.

Clear challans before a long drive. An unpaid one is a bad surprise at a checkpost far from home, which is one item on our northern areas travel checklist. If a challan SMS reaches a number you do not recognise as yours, check your own mobile number and which SIMs are on your CNIC.

Never pay through a link in a message. This is the single most reliable rule here. Real systems give you a reference number to pay through your own bank or an official counter. They do not send you a payment page by SMS, and they never ask for a one time code. The current wave is covered in the fake e-challan SMS scam.

Why this is worth doing now

Unpaid challans have started to attract consequences beyond the money.

Sindh's system already lists licence suspension at three months and CNIC impounding at six. Lahore's traffic chief has separately proposed tying CNIC and passport issuance to clearing challan dues, which is a proposal rather than a rule, and we set out its legal position in the CNIC and passport block proposal.

Whatever happens to that proposal, the direction is one way. A challan is cheaper and simpler to clear now than to argue about later.

If you are clearing one this week, the order that saves the most trouble:

1. Search your own province first, using whichever identifier that portal accepts.
2. Search by plate as well if you have bought or sold a vehicle in the last year.
3. Note the reference or PSID the portal gives you. That is what you pay against.
4. Pay through your own bank app or an official counter, never a link you were sent.
5. Re-check the portal a day later to confirm the record shows cleared.

Portals move without notice

The Balochistan department's own site links no online challan check, only vehicle verification.

Portals move. Islamabad's check moved from a numbered Excise address to the traffic police portal between August and October, which is exactly the kind of change that happens without notice.

Questions readers are asking

Is there one national e-challan portal?

No. Every province runs its own and they do not share records, so search where you were fined.

How do I check a challan by CNIC?

Sindh and Islamabad allow a CNIC search. Punjab asks for the number plate together with the CNIC or chassis number. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa asks for the challan number only.

Where do I check an Islamabad challan now?

On the Islamabad Traffic Police portal at traffic.islamabadpolice.gov.pk/Echallan, by vehicle number or CNIC. The older numbered Excise address is no longer listed.

What if I lost the Islamabad challan slip?

Search the ITP portal by vehicle number or CNIC instead. You do not need the slip there.

Where do I check a KP challan?

On ptpkp.gov.pk, the Peshawar Traffic Police site that KP Police link to. It takes the challan number only, so keep your slip.

Can I check a Punjab challan with only my CNIC?

No. The PSCA portal requires the number plate, plus either the CNIC or the chassis number.

Can I check a Balochistan challan online?

Not through any service linked from the department's own site. The excise department offers vehicle verification, which confirms registration rather than fines.

Does an unpaid challan do anything besides grow?

In Sindh, yes. Its system lists licence suspension at three months and CNIC impounding at six.

How we verified this

What we checked and where we read it.

Last checked 8 November 2026. Every portal was opened on 25 August 2026, Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa again on 24 October, and Punjab, Sindh and Islamabad again on 8 November 2026. Official portals opened on that date: PSCA E-Challan System, Punjab, Sindh Police Tracs E-Ticket and Islamabad Traffic Police e-challan. ptpkp.gov.pk challan verification was read on 24 October 2026.