Tag: Metro

Metro Bus Project cheaper than expected Rs 27 billion: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday said that Metro Bus Service aimed at providing better facilities of transportation to the masses of the...

Pakistanis safe in Washington metro area in face of storm

Washington metro area experienced some pounding winds Monday night, largely escaped the fury of Sandy, a hurricane of historic proportions, which has caused extensive...

Shahbaz inspects Metro Bus project

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif inspected the Lahore Metro Bus project along with Chairman Lahore Transport Company Khwaja Hassan, MPA Ishtiaq Ahmed and other...

Power suspension schedule for Metro Bus project

In connection with the construction of Metro Bus System by TEPA, relocation of LESCO services falling in the route alignment is scheduled to be...

Keep working on the bus project 24/7, Shahbaz tells contractors

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited various routes of metro bus project from Gajumatta Ferozepur Road to Niazi Chowk early in the morning Sunday...

Metro Bus, a project par excellence: CM

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday visited the various sections of the Metro Bus Project on a two hours inspection visit...

Over Rs 3,150m approved for BRTS system

Punjab government on Saturday approved the scheme of transport sector with an estimated cost of Rs 3156.632 million for construction of Metro Bus Transit...

Bus rapid service laborer electrocuted

A man died due to electrocution while working in Metro Bus Rapid Service at Bhatti Gate on Sunday, City42 reported. According to the channel, 32...

‘Whatever you do, protect Metro Bus project’

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday issued instructions for making safety arrangements on the routes of metro bus project and directed the concerned...

CCP grants exemption to Metro and Thal Limited

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Wednesday issued exemption to a joint venture agreement (JVA) between Metro Cash and Carry International (Metro) and...

China’s media brands metro crash an ’embarrassment’

Shanghai's metro operator came under fresh fire Thursday, with Chinese media saying a crash that injured more than 280 people was an "embarrassment" to...

China metro crash injures more than 260

Two metro trains collided in Shanghai on Tuesday, injuring more than 260 people, the city government said, just months after a deadly high-speed rail...

Belarus hunts culprits after deadly metro bomb

MINSK - Police in Belarus carried out spot checks on roads and at stations and airports on Tuesday after a bomb blast tore through a crowded metro station in the capital Minsk on Monday evening, killing at least 12 people.
As police hunted those responsible for what appeared to have been a bomb activated by remote control, a top official from the prosecutor general's office described the attack as an act of "terrorism", unprecedented in Belarus. The ex-Soviet state of 10 million

METRO looks to revamp wholesale trade

LAHORE - METRO Pakistan Managing Director Giovanni Soranzo in an exclusive interview to Pakistan Today highlights challenges faced by the multinational giant in operating in the local environment and the organistation's outlook in Pakistan. He began by discussing the process that brought METRO to Pakistan.
The METRO Group conducts extensive feasibility studies before investing in any country. He acknowledged that though Pakistan is a market of great potential, METRO is solely

CM shelves Metro Train Project

After scrapping the Sasti Roti scheme, the Punjab government has shelved the metro train project called the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System (LRMTS) in order to divert Rs 5.2 billion allocated for the project to the rehabilitation of the flood affectees, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The metro train was supposed to run through different areas of the city in order to minimise the load on public transport routes, reduce the dependency on road vehicles, facilitate safe and