Beijing
Timesaco, a Chinese technology services company will soon launch Tatu Mobility, a transportation infrastructure network, to promote e-transport service in Pakistan. Tatu would provide Mobility Services to all public transports including individual, business corporations, merchants, private organizations, and government sector. The services will include taxi hailing, pick-and-drop, bus booking, vehicle rental, and others. Earlier this year, Timesaco has launched a ride-hailing service called Buraq Taxi Service across 10 major cities of Pakistan. According to a Gwadar Pro’s report, the company invested $20 million with future prospects of $600 million. They intended to provide a rapid service platform to citizens by launching five special service including the Buraq Taxi Service, Heavy Cargo Delivery, Orders’ Delivery, Moving Automated Teller Machines (ATM) and vehicle advertisement facilities. It may be mentioned that e-transport sector in Pakistan is expanding. The service providers are now eying a larger market with mass e-transport solutions. In Pakistan things have changed a lot on the transportation landscape since 2015. After the two strong competitors Careem and Uber there are some more and fast moving companies that have moved in to solve the transportation issues of Pakistan. The Dubai-headquartered Careem that is being acquired by Uber is launching Careem Bus to challenge Airlift. Airlift is an app based technology startup that offers a smart bus service tailor made for daily commuters.—INP
