Tag: Transport
Not enough transport facilities for women
Insufficient transport facilities and cramped spaces in public transport between the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have added to the miseries of women...
Transport facility to be ensured in all schools, women colleges
The Senate sub-committee on Cabinet Secretariat directed the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) to ensure transport facility to all the schools and girls college...
Lack of modern transport causes accidents
Absence of modern urban transport system is a major contributory factory to no less than 26,000 vehicular accidents in Karachi, said Commissioner, Roshan Ali...
Women and public transport
In today’s modern, fast-paced world, both men and women are working to earn a better livelihood. In cities, a majority of women are attached...
Administration fails to check overcharging by transporters
Despite formation of vigilance committees by the district administration to check and control the transport fares during Eid, the commuters faced great hardships in...
Show me your money!
Passengers are facing acute difficulties as transporters have increased fares before Eid day.
According to the passengers, the transporters were aware that people would...
CS directs early shifting of truck stand
Chief Secretary Sindh Raja Muhammad Abbas on Sunday ordered Secretary transport Sindh to immediately present a report about shifting/construction of truck terminal and asked...
Public transport fares slashed, NA told
Minister of State for Interior Imtiaz Safdar Warraich on Friday told the National Assembly that following the reduction in petroleum prices, public transporters in...
Transport fares revised; commuters not happy
The Punjab Transport Authority (PTA) has decreased by Re1 to Rs2 in fare of public transport plying on various routes despite reasonable cut in...
New transport fares to be introduced
Punjab Transport Minister Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said on Friday new fares will be implemented on all inter-city and urban routes by the provincial government,...
Transport secretary fines transporters, impounds vehicles
Islamabad Transport Authority Secretary Khawaja Maqbool Mustafa, during traffic checking, impounded 17 public service vehicles which failed to get their route permits renewed on...
Transport Dept decreases inter-city fares
The Punjab Transport Department has revised its fares after the recent reduction in fuel prices.
It has revised the fares for stage carriages, (non-AC)...
Bus owners’ body calls for slashing transport fares
Anjuman-e-Ettehad Bus Malikan Karachi (AEBMK) has welcomed the cut in petroleum prices and called upon the transporters to reduce their fares to trickle down...
Petrol becomes scarce commodity after new tariff
Petrol has vanished across the Punjab following the government’s announcement to cut the prices of petroleum products. On Friday, the government reduced the prices...
Commuters protest against new transport fares
Commuters and citizens have protested against increase in public transport fares as the Punjab Transport Authority (PTA) has put unbearable weight on the shoulder...
Public transport: no immediate end to commuters’ miseries in sight
After the lapse of almost five decades of its development, the federal capital has not launched its own public transport system, creating immense problems...
CNG closure enters 4th day
CNG customers across the country continued suffering as the strike called by the All Pakistan CNG Association entered its fourth day on Saturday.
Following the...