Karachi to get 30 new buses
- 20-Jul-2024
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah directed the transport department on Saturday to add more buses to the city’s public transport system. The chief minister issued these directives while chairing a meeting of the transport department. During the meeting, the Sindh chief minister directed the transport department to start a new bus route […]
Punjab to get 3000 new buses
- 22-Jun-2024
LAHORE: Punjab Transport Minister Bilal Akbar revealed that the government had planned to introduce 3,000 buses in the province under a five-year plan. Addressing a press conference along with Information Minister Azma Bokhari, the minister said electric buses – which are a part of the overall plan – would start running in Lahore by the […]
PM Shehbaz Sharif announces 150 buses for Karachi
- 25-Apr-2024
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced 150 buses for Karachi during his inaugural visit to the city on Wednesday. The premier revealed the decision to allocate 150 buses following a request from Sindh Minister for Transport, Sharjeel Inam Memon, during a high-level meeting. Sindh Transport Minister Memon had requested the prime minister to provide […]
Another fleet of buses reach Karachi
- 06-Jan-2024
KARACHI: Former Sindh minister for transport, and mass transit Sharjeel Inam Memon announced that a new fleet of buses for the People’s Bus Service has arrived in Karachi, ARY News reported on Saturday. Taking to social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader said: “These buses were procured by PPP’s Sindh […]
Buses, snorkels stuck at Karachi port to be released by Dec 31
- 22-Dec-2023
KARACHI: The buses – stuck at the Karachi Port – Imported by the former Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government are likely to be released by December 31, ARY News reported on Friday. The transport secretary assured that all the 30 imported public buses stuck at the Karachi port – imported by the former Sindh government […]
New fleet of buses reach Karachi
- 24-Oct-2023
KARACHI: Former Sindh transport minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Inam Memon announced that a new fleet of buses, part of the People’s Bus Service (Phase 2), has reached Karachi from China. Taking to Twitter, the minister shared that the brand new buses will hit the city’s roads in These buses were acquired […]
Several injured as six buses collide on M-1 motorway
- 19-Jul-2023
ISLAMABAD: At least 35 passengers suffered injuries after six buses collided with each other on the M-1 (Islamabad-Peshawar) motorway on Wednesday, ARY News reported. According to motorway police, the incident took place near the Burhan Interchange due to low visibility. Soon after the incident, the rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the injured to […]
Sindh budget: Rs10bn allocated for purchase of buses
- 11-Jun-2023
KARACHI: The Sindh government has allocated Rs10 billion for the procurement of 500 hybrid buses in the provincial budget for the financial year 2023-24. A total of Rs13.4 billion has been allocated for the provincial Transport Department,” Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said while presenting the provincial budget on Saturday. Murad said that the […]
Budget 2022-23: Karachi to get more diesel-hybrid buses
- 15-Jun-2022
KARACHI: The Sindh government has earmarked Rs4 billion in the next financial year budget 2022-23 for procuring more buses to be run in Karachi under its Sindh Peoples Intra-district Bus Project. In his budget speech at the Sindh Assembly, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that during outgoing financial year 2021-22, the Sindh government had […]
Karachi Green Line buses ferry one million commuters in first month
- 10-Feb-2022
KARACHI: Karachi’s Green Line BRT has completed its first month of official operations on Thursday and according to official figures more than one million passengers had travelled on 80 buses through the dedicated corridor. According to official figures provided by Sindh Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (SIDCL), a total of 1,093,000 passengers had travelled on Green […]










