The World Bank delegation held meetings in Karachi, where they met Minister for Information, Transport, and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam Memon. The initial meeting took place at the Archives Complex, and later, the delegation attended a review meeting chaired by the minister Sharjeel Inam Memon to discuss the progress of the Yellow Line BRT project.Speaking at the review meeting, Sharjeel expressed his commitment to accelerating the completion of public transport-related projects. He highlighted the importance of timely execution to ensure efficient service delivery to the public.
The meeting held discussions about the challenges faced by the Yellow Line BRT project and explored potential solutions to overcome those obstacles.Furthermore, the Minister conveyed his intention to launch BRT projects throughout the province, with the aim of providing improved, cost-effective, and comfortable travel facilities for the residents.
He said that the people of Karachi are dealing with the rampant street crime, but gone are the days when they had to face strikes, dead bodies stuffed in gunny bags, extortion and arson. He claimed that the civic facilities available to the residents of Karachi were not available to the dwellers of other districts of the province. “No one could dare stop us from serving this city. Karachi has always been an integral part of Sindh and it will remain so in the future as well,” he said.He added that whoever in the past made any attempt to separate Karachi from the rest of Sindh was confined to London.
He told the concerned lawmakers that Karachi was going to become the only city in the country where a ‘pink’ cab service would be launched for the women passengers.
