islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - Despite reasonable cut in fuel prices with the start of May, transporters are still overcharging passengers, while the concerned authorities are ostensibly reluctant to stop the violation and commuters are demanding transport authority revise fares in line with ...

Through the column of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to draw an attention towards the service of new rickshaws named ‘CALL A RIK’ circulating in our country. It is an innovative mode of public transportation especially developed for passengers accompanying children. This project is ...

faisalabadPML-Q Chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Tuesday called on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to explain directive on transport facility ban during the upcoming general elections. Talking to the media persons here after the funeral for Sahibzada Fazal Karim, Shujaat questioned ...

Every day a large number of people travel to earn a livelihood as well as to reach their different destinations. Our country has still not been able to provide the commuters a comfortable, affordable and respectable public transport. This forces people to use their personal transport causing two ...

FAISALABAD - PML-Q Chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Tuesday called on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to explain directive on transport facility ban during the upcoming general elections. Talking to the media persons here after the funeral for Sahibzada Fazal Karim, Shujaat questioned ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought reply from the Punjab government on a petition challenging public transport ban on the metro bus route by the authorities concerned.Mushtaq Ahmad, a local transporter, has challenged the ban. He submitted that the provincial government had put ban on ...

I would like to raise an important issue through this newspaper which has long been troubling working women. 80 percent working women use public transport everyday. The trouble that they face on daily bases is the continuous refusal of bus conductors to let the women board. It is understandable on ...

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that metro bus project is in the final stages of completion and modern and comfortable metro buses will soon be operational for the benefit of the masses.He said that this splendid project of public service is being completed by the Punjab ...

RAWALPINDI – Insufficient transport facilities and allocation of less space in public transport for women commuters of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have added to their miseries. On one hand public transport plying on the route from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and back does not cater to ...

KARACHI - Commuters in Karachi remained bewildered due to CNG closure as supply was stopped from 09 am on Wednesday. Public transport also disappeared from roads since vehicles could not be refueled due to long queues at gas stations.It is to be noted that more than 50,000 busses, mini buses and ...

LAHORE – Believe it or not, almost every van plying at City’s routes during CNG holidays use substandard LPG cylinders as alternative fuel while 70 per cent of them have already poor CNG kits.The Punjab Transport Department and law enforcement agencies are silent over this criminal act ...

LAHORE – As the incumbent Punjab government is about to complete its tenure and another general election is approaching fast the miseries of hundreds of thousands of daily commuters are yet to be addressed in all the major cities of the province. The provincial government has introduced about ...

ISLAMABAD - The commuters of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have supported the decision to impose ban on use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by public transport vehicles.Taking to APP on Sunday, they argued that though CNG was being used by the transporters but they were charging fares ...

LAHORE (INP) - PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has asked Istanbul Transport Authority Director General Dr Harry Brochlor to send a high-level delegation to Lahore as he wanted to introduce Istanbul-like modern traffic system in the Punjab capital and other cities of the country. According to a press ...

LAHORE In what appears to be a new idea, Federal Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Sheikh on Friday announced a step which, if approved by parliament, will replace the conveyance policy for officials in grades 20-22. The minister said the transport policy for the officials working in these grades is ...

KARACHI Brawls and altercations among commuters and public transporters were witnessed in many parts of the city after transport operators started demanding increased fares from the commuters. According to details, protest by the daily commuters were observed in many parts of the city including ...

ISLAMABAD At the time of serious energy crisis prevailing in Pakistan, the US government has agreed to provide a grant of US$ 0.482 million to the National Energy Conservation Centre (ENERCON) under the Ministry of Environment for the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Transport Fuel Conversion (LPG-TFC) ...

LAHORE (APP) - Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and US Trade Development Agency have agreed to expedite work on potential avenues in transport sector for possible USTDA financial and technical assistance. Both the bodies agreed in a call on meeting between LCCI Vice President Faisal ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - The Boeing Company said Friday that India has contacted the US government about a potential purchase of 10 C-17 military transport aircraft. The US government has received a letter of request from Indias Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Indian Air Force regarding the potential ...

ISLAMABAD - Planning Commission and Pak American Fertilizers Limited on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Inland Waterways Transport aiming to reduce the transportation cost. MOU was signed by Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, and Engineer Zahid Aziz, ...

ISLAMABAD - Assistant Commissioner (Sadar) Capt(Retd) Faird-ud-Din Mustafa Sunday announced that the ICTA will provide decent and affordable transport facility to the residents of Sohan and a new route service will be launched in the area. Addressing an open kutchery at Sohan Union Council, ...

KARACHI - Defective transport system of the two largest public universities of the country, Karachi University (KU) and NED University, have once again been exposed after the horrible accident of NED girl student which occurred near the KU Silver Jubilee Gate on April 18, 2009. Conversely, KU has ...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that provision of better transport facilities to the people is in his top priorities and measures are being finalized for this purpose. He also gave formal approval to set-up Lahore Transport Company for solving transport ...

KARACHI - Keeping in view increasing violation of traffic rules and to reduce the fatal accidents, the Transport Department of Sindh Government has proposed the revival of magisterial powers of regional/district transport authorities immediately, officials told The Nation. The Provincial ...

ISLAMABAD  (APP) - The only efficient transport service between the twin cities, Varan Transport Service, is facing so many challenges due to some elements of some student unions. "The hostile attitude of some student union leaders has made it absolutely impossible  for the Varan ...

After the monetary crisis in the United States and Europe, central banks and financial institutions of Asian countries are also going through the same crisis. Like other international organizations and countries, the United Arab Emirates has also provided $50 billion to its banks and stock markets. ...

LAHORE - The recklessly driven and rundown public transport plying on Ghazi Road passing through centre of Defence Housing scheme, has become a potent threat to lives of residents, the passers-by and the motorists, while the authorities concerned are yet to wake up from the deep slumber to address ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The transport and communications sector accounts for about 10.0 percent of the country's GDP and 20.9 percent of Gross Fixed Capital Formation in FY 2007-08. It provides over 2.3 million jobs in the country (6% of all employment) and receives 12 to 15 percent of funds from the ...