After the governments of Sindh and Punjab decided to spring into action and issue a crackdown against mobile-application taxi service providers Careem, Uber and A-One, Pakistanis took to Twitter to vent their anger at the predicament.
Like always, social media has proved to be the best platform to show how they feel. All the tweets poke fun, anger and sarcasm at the irony of the situation–the provincial governments providing the public with below-par transport facilities and banning those which promised–and delivered–to the customer.
The punjab govt believes that anything that actually helps the people of this country must be banned. #careem #uber
— Hassan Cheema (@mediagag) January 31, 2017
This bus cleared the safety check and is legal ,
But we bans #Careem and #Uber coz its illegal.#PakGovLogin #Careem https://t.co/opxhb3XDYn— ismail farooq (@ismailfarooq5) January 31, 2017
Hey @CareemPAK . You guys better get a Qatari partner. The ban will get lifted in no time. @Maria_Memon #careem
— Jarrar Shah (@jerryshah) January 31, 2017
Government is not providing transport facilities but they ban those who try to provide facilities for people #TransportMafia#Careem
— Faran Rizvi (@rizvi_faran) January 31, 2017
Basically Civilians are not allowed to have any sort of luxury. Its for them and them only. Ban all the good things.#Uber #Careem #Pak
— Shaharyar K. (@Shaharyaaaaar) January 31, 2017
As usual Transport Mafia Won… #Careem #uber losses..
What else we can expect from our Government??
کیا یہ بھی جمہوریت کا حُسن ہے؟— Prof. Yaseen (@ymeenai) January 31, 2017
Apparently these buses have cleared the fitness & safety test but #Uber & #Careem are illegal & banned. #ProudPakistan pic.twitter.com/NCDRQyC6Am
— #S.Ghazanfar Hussain (@Shan_e_Syed) January 31, 2017
Our govt believes that anything that actually helps the people of this country must be banned. #careem #uber #onlineCabServices
— Salman Mirza (@SalmanMrza) January 31, 2017