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  KARACHI, May 13 (Gwadar pro)- Federal Minister of Planning and Development Asad Umar on Wednesday afternoon said Zhongtong, one of the earliest listed bus manufacturers in China, will provide 100 18-meter new energy buses for Green Line and Orange Line Bust Rapid Transport (BRT) in Karachi.   The minister made this announcement in a tweet about the completion of a prototype bus for Karachi’s Green Line Metrobus project.   As the first batch of new energy-powered city buses in the city, t...

Chinese company to provide 100 energy buses for Karachi BRT networks By GreenLine Bus Rapid Transit is a federal government project. Photo Courtesy: Radio Pakistan Chinese auto giant Zhongtong has secured an order to provide 100 new energy buses for Karachi. It is expected that after completion, Green Line BRT will facilitate over 300,000 passengers on a daily basis. The mass transit project is expected to become operational this year. A Chinese firm has secured an order to provide 100 new ene...

28 TLP workers remanded in judicial custody in rioting case Karachi April 18, 2021 The anti-terrorism courts’ administrative judge on Saturday remanded more than two dozen workers of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan in jail custody for two days for their alleged involvement in recent rioting and road blockage in Karachi. Twenty-eight workers were produced by the Kharadar police in the court on the expiry of their physical remand. The investigation officer submitted before the judge that the s...

Protest demonstrations cause traffic congestion in major cities of the country SCREENGRAB RAWALPINDI/ LAHORE: Protests erupted in multiple cities across Pakistan after authorities detained Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Sahibzada Saad Hussain Rizvi in Lahore on Monday. According to a TLP spokesperson, Rizvi was arrested from Punjab capital’s Iqbal Town area, where he had gone to attend a funeral. Saad Rizvi is the son of the firebrand cleric, and previous head of the TLP, Khadim Huss...

Passengers have an electrifying experience First electric bus left Sohrab Goth on Wednesday morning and reached Merewether Tower after an hour The electric bus will run from Tower to Sohrab Goth and the fare for one stop will be as low as Rs10. PHOTO: SOCIAL MEDIA KARACHI: On Wednesday, Haji Ghulam Ali was the first ever passenger to board an electric bus in Karachi. Already surprised by the computerised ticket booking, Ali was to have many more new experiences during his hour-long ride from S...

‘Malir Halt-Numaish corridor to start soon’ Karachi commissioner issues directives to ensure work on project does not cause traffic-related problems KARACHI: The construction of a corridor from Malir Halt to Numaish, under the Red Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, is expected to start this month, the arrangements for which are being finalised, Karachi Commissioner Navid Ahmed Shaikh was told during a meeting he was presiding over on Tuesday. In the meeting, called to review the arrangem...

While billions of rupees — from the taxpayer’s pocket — have been poured into the Green Line project, the people of Karachi have yet to gain any benefits from this scheme. The base of the escalator is being used as a garbage dump at the Shadman Town station while (right) a portion of the grill has broken near Nagan Chowrangi. — Fahim Siddiqi/White Star KARACHI: As the federal government had given another deadline for opening of the Green Line bus rapid transit system (BRTS) project in J...

THIS is apropos the news report ‘Burnes Road to remain traffic-free in evenings’ (Jan 7). The city administration has announced to keep the food district ‘traffic-free’ in the evenings to provide a better environment to the people at the eateries in the vicinity. This means that vehicular traffic from Fresco Chowk to Court Road will be closed from 7pm onwards, and traffic coming from Arambagh will be diverted to M.A. Jinnah Road and People’s Square. It is one of the city’s busiest a...