Tag: Transport
RITU threatens strike over CNG price hike
The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Transport Union (RITU) has threatened to call-in an inter-city strike if the government failed to revise CNG prices with immediate effect. ...
HEC violates transport monetisation policy
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has ‘gifted’ seven cars to its employees under the cover of transport monetisation policy, which is not applicable to...
Transport, security big questions 100 days from London
Queen Elizabeth II will declare the London Olympics open on July 27 but while the stadiums are ready with 100 days to go, question...
Rest assured you’ll get a bus every minute!
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said under the new transport policy of the government a bus will be available to the passengers after...
The peace in the region
Let us talk again. Talking can not only break the status quo but also ensure a change, mostly good and positive. However, declining such...
Punjab Govt to take solid measures for enhancing transport dept
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that provision of comfortable and quality transport facilities to the masses is the top priority of...
Indian MP doesn’t like Lahore’s transport system
Even though there are many good things in Pakistan which India does not have, like the Motorway, the transport system of Lahore is not...
54 CNG buses to be added
With the addition of 54 new buses, 111 international standard buses will be operational on different routes of Lahore, Busco Foton Chief Executive Joe...
CDA remains oblivious to city’s transport needs
New Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Engineer Farkhand Iqbal had spoken of many welfare projects for the residents of Islamabad in his first formal...
Transport owners fleecing passengers
Taking advantage of the closure of CNG stations and the railway crisis, transport owners have been fleecing passengers by increasing fares by up to...
Govt likely to amend rules for monetisation of transport facility
The Cabinet Division is likely to amend rules for monetisation of transport facility so as to exclude contractual civil servants working in BS-20 to...
Most eligible public transport in town
Yes, you read the title correctly; it is about the most eligible public transport in town and not the most eligible bachelor in town....
On the road to Jhimpir… size does matter
With the arrival of another consignment of wind turbines for Fauji Fertiliser Company (FFC)’s Jhimpir wind farm, a major drama is about to unfold...
Govt approves compulsory monetisation of transport
The government has approved compulsory monetisation of transport facility for government officials of grade 20 to 22 from January 1, 2012 to save Rs...
Bus stands in pathetic state
The civic authorities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi allocate million of rupees every financial year for the construction of roads, parks and streets in the...
PM approves trimming transport facility to bureaucrats
Fulfilling a major austerity measure announced in the federal budget, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday approved rules for the compulsory monetisation of...
Smoke-emitting vehicles
The number of smoke emitting vehicles on the roads is increasing day by day but the traffic department seems ignorant of the problem. In...
