{"id":61748,"date":"2020-02-21T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T11:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61748"},"modified":"2020-02-21T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T11:35:04","slug":"new-bus-service-launch-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/new-bus-service-launch-karachi.html","title":{"rendered":"PKR 2.5 bn issued to launch new bus service in Karachi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Sindh government on Thursday released funds worth PKR 2.5 billion to facilitate the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-to-have-hybrid-buses-by-2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"new bus service (opens in a new tab)\">new bus service<\/a> in the city, according to news sources. Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah provided his approval to the issuance of funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provincial Minister for Transport Owais Qadir Shah stated that the CM had sanctioned the release of funds for the procurement of news buses; adding that the initiative would be launched on a public-private partnership (PPP) mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/project-finalized-run-200-biogas-powered-buses-karachi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Project finalized to run 200 biogas-powered buses in Karachi (opens in a new tab)\">Project finalized to run 200 biogas-powered buses in Karachi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the Sindh government is expected to acquire 100 buses for Karachi and 100 such vehicles for Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, and Mirpurkhas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To this effect, the authorities concerned recently announced their decision to float an international tender for the procurement of 200 buses. The timeframe for the completion of this project is expected to take seven months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-red-line-biogas-cattle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Karachi Breeze Red Line buses to be powered by biogas (opens in a new tab)\">Karachi Breeze Red Line buses to be powered by biogas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May last year, the Sindh government\nhad finalised an agreement with a Korean company for the provision of 1,000\nbuses for Karachi. Under the programme, the said firm had agreed to provide 200\nbuses within 60 days of the conclusion of the agreement deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh government on Thursday released funds worth PKR 2.5 billion to facilitate the launch of new bus service in the city, according to news sources. Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah provided his approval to the issuance of funds. Provincial Minister for Transport Owais Qadir Shah stated that the CM had sanctioned the release of funds for the procurement of news buses; adding that the initiative would be launched on a public-private partnership (PPP) mode. Read: Project finalized to run 200 biogas-powered buses in Karachi Moreover, the Sindh government is expected to acquire 100 buses for Karachi and 100 such vehicles for Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, and Mirpurkhas. To this effect, the authorities concerned recently announced their decision to float an international tender for the procurement of 200 buses. The timeframe for the completion of this project is expected to take seven months. Read: Karachi Breeze Red Line buses to be powered by biogas In May last year, the Sindh government had finalised an agreement with a Korean company for the provision of 1,000 buses for Karachi. Under the programme, the said firm had agreed to provide 200 buses within 60 days of the conclusion of the agreement deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":47094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[1368,6957,13174],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-karachi-bus-rapid-transit","10":"tag-new-developments","11":"tag-sindh-govt","12":"cat-15016-id","13":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New bus service worth PKR 2.5 bn to launch in Karachi - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Sindh government on Thursday released funds worth PKR 2.5 billion to facilitate the launch of new bus service in the city, according to news sources.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/new-bus-service-launch-karachi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New bus service worth PKR 2.5 bn to launch in Karachi - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sindh government on Thursday released funds worth PKR 2.5 billion to facilitate the launch of new bus service in the city, according to news sources.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/new-bus-service-launch-karachi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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