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Second phase of Pink Bus Service to be launched after Eid

By Our Correspondent
April 06, 2024
A view of Pink Buses standing near the Frere Hall library in Karachi on February 1, 2023. — Online
A view of Pink Buses standing near the Frere Hall library in Karachi on February 1, 2023. — Online

The Sindh Transport Department will launch the second phase of the Pink Bus Service for women, while electric busses will be run on new routes after Eidul Fitr.

Sindh’s Senior Minister and Minister for Transport, Mass Transit, Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control Sharjeel Inam Memon has announced the launch of new transport projects immediately after the Eid, following the instructions of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, to bring good news to the people.

In his statement on social media on Friday, he announced that the second phase of the pink bus service for women would be initiated in Karachi to enhance travel facilities for women. Memon said new routes for electric buses would commence immediately after the Eid, and the People’s Bus Service would be launched in Mirpurkhas to provide travel facilities to the people.

He also announced that a cashless ticket service would be introduced for public transport users. Additionally, the Sindh government will initiate a free shuttle service to connect the Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) with the Red Line BRT. He said that the free shuttle service for the people of Karachi would commence immediately after the Eid.