Provincial Minister for Transport Sharjeel Inam Memon met with a Chinese delegation at his office Friday. It was decided in the meeting that the Chinese company will launch a new bus service in Karachi on the lines of People’s Bus Service. The new bus service will consist of a fleet of 500 buses. Transport Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon gave four months time to the Chinese company to procure buses and bring buses to Karachi. Talking to the Chinese delegation, the provincial transport minister said that 500 buses should reach Karachi within four months after completing all the legal formalities.
He said that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah were focused on modernizing the public transport system in Sindh. ‘ Sindh government is trying to provide maximum modern public transport to the people of Sindh,’ he added.
The Chinese delegation included Chie Chung of Shandong Hi Speed Pakistan, Zoheb Siddiqui and Chun Yusan of Kinglong Company. Secretary Transport Abdul Haleem Sheikh and Managing Director Sindh Mass Transit Authority Capt. (R) Altaf Hussain Sario were also present on the occasion.
