Punjab CM on visit to Karachi

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar reached Karachi on Thursday.

Sindh Information Minister Nasir Shah welcomed him. Nasir presented a traditional Sindhi cap and a shawl to Buzdar as a gift. MPA Wasan and Sindh CM Coordinator Shehzad Memon were also present on the occasion.  

Earlier in Lahore, CM Buzdar presided over a meeting and approved to ply green electric buses with the direction to complete the relating matters at the earliest.  He asked the transport department to submit comprehensive recommendations.

These buses will ply on 103-kilometre-long six different routes in Lahore while the service will also be introduced in other cities through a public-private partnership. The meeting dilated on different procurement options and the CM held the new transport facility will also be helpful in reducing environmental degradation and smog.

He also gave approval to the recruitment of inspectors, sub-inspectors and sergeants with the direction to improve cleanliness arrangements of the orange line metro train.