Tag: Transport
Karachi Company bus terminal seems orphaned
The Karachi Company bus terminal, which is supposed to have all the basic facilities for the passengers who visit the federal capital, is in...
Citizens fret over city’s struggling transport facilities
Waiting for hours for insufficient and poorly maintained buses has become a matter of routine for the common citizens who have to deal with...
Nawaz Sharif wants Istanbul-like transport system in Lahore
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif requested the Istanbul Transport Authority (ITA) Director General (DG) Dr Harry Brochlor to send a high level...
Transport inspectors to ensure efficient traffic control
Ninety transport inspectors have been recruited on merit for the implementation of an efficient system of urban transport. The police training school played a...
CNG association to launch protest against gas load shedding
All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) is considering launching a protest campaign to force the government to reduce the gas load shedding of compressed natural...
CNG bus operations to start Monday
The CNG buses would start plying from today (Monday) after Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ebad Khan took notice of a report regarding the buses.
According...
Transport, P&D depts set to fall into MQM’s lap
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led Sindh government has decided to allot portfolios of Transport and Planning and Development (P&D) to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM),...
PPP’s transport minister loses his wheels
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has removed Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)’s provincial Transport Minister Akhtar Jadoon from his office after receiving a number...
Transport system remains without a single new bus
Despite Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s rhetoric to improve the transport system, not a single bus has been included so far in the fleet...
Afghanistan joins Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic cross-border transport accord
Afghanistan, Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan have finalised an agreement that will allow Afghanistan to take part in a cross-border transport accord (CBTA) recently ratified...
Transport slowly resumes in New York
Transportation limped back to normal in New York on Monday morning after a hurricane drenched the city, with subway service resuming but major rail...
Public transport is permanent headache
The residents of the capital are facing great hardships due to the unavailability of public transport, as they are forced to use taxies, which...
Need lessons on how to come up with a transport mafia?...
Some University of Karachi (KU) officials are creating obstacles in the revival of the university’s transport system so that they can run their illegal...
Commuters disappointed with public transport
Hundreds of commuters travel daily between Rawalpindi and Islamabad on public transport and a majority of them are extremely disappointed on account of the...
Transport fares rise on CNG closure
Fares of rickshaws and public transport run on CNG have increased owing to non-availability of CNG in the city.
Commuters complained that rickshaw drivers are...
Mass transit shall bring new urban transport era: CM
A new era of urban transport shall be ushered with the Lahore Mass Transit Project (LMTP), Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said
on...
No public transport for recreational spots
Contrary to the claims by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) high-ups of having made efforts to promote tourism, no headway has been made to...
