TO GO WITH Pakistan-unrest-vote-politics-development-education,FOCUS by Khurram Shahzad
In this photograph taken on June 5, 2013, shows Pakistani employees walking beside metro buses parked at a terminal in the provincial capital Lahore. Pakistanis are hoping their new prime minister will roll out high-profile projects that became his party's trademark in its political heartland of Punjab, but the nation's dire finances threaten the optimism. The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) won huge popularity and a reputation for getting things done with a series of big-ticket schemes over the past five years in Punjab, the country's richest, most populous province. A metro bus system in the provincial capital Lahore -- the first such scheme in the country's 65-year history -- free laptops and solar energy panels for students and a network of high-quality schools in poor rural areas made Punjab the envy of Pakistan. AFP PHOTO / ARIF ALI
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday directed immediate construction of Islamabad Metro Bus link from Peshawar Morr to New Islamabad Airport, costing Rs 18 billion.
The bus service will be inaugurated by the prime minister on August 14, 2017 along with the inauguration of New Islamabad Airport.
Chairing a meeting, attended by Secretary Communications Division and Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA) Shahid Ashraf Tarar here at PM House, the prime minister expressed confidence that the new route of metro bus would ease the traffic load towards the New Islamabad Airport and save time of the commuters.
People who have airline travel in their near future may be considering using an airport shuttle to get to and from the airport to the hotel, home, hotel, or some other location.
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People who have airline travel in their near future may be considering using an airport shuttle to get to and from the airport to the hotel, home, hotel, or some other location.
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