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“No such complaint has been received even about boarding of men in ladies compartment of bus or minibus,” he said.

To a question, he said insufficient number of public transport in Karachi was the cause of boarding of men in ladies compartment.

Referring to a strategy plan of providing CNG buses and other alternative transport system, Alam said 500 duty-free CNG buses might be purchased at subsidized rates in Karachi within a year.

Work on Mass Transit System, Rapid Bus Transit System is going on while Circular Railway Plan will be completed by 2012 in collaboration with the Japan government, he explained.