{"id":62758,"date":"2020-03-16T13:02:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62758"},"modified":"2020-03-16T13:02:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:02:04","slug":"metro-bus-project-operations-handed-over-ict-nha-gives-contractors-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/metro-bus-project-operations-handed-over-ict-nha-gives-contractors-deadline.html","title":{"rendered":"Metro Bus project: Operations handed over to ICT, NHA gives contractors deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Peshawar-Islamabad Metro Bus Service project has been handed over to the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), a news source reported. As per the publication, the National Highway Authority (NHA) \u2013 which has been executing the said metro project \u2013 notified the deadline of 31<sup>st<\/sup> March to its contractors to finish the belated project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/badami-bagh-bus-stand-upgradation-to-cost-pkr-30-mn-working-paper-project-plan-prepared.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Badami Bagh Bus Stand upgradation to cost PKR 30 mn; working paper, project plan prepared (opens in a new tab)\">Badami Bagh Bus Stand upgradation to cost PKR 30 mn; working paper, project plan prepared<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special Assistant to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Capital Development Authority (CDA) Affairs Ali Nawaz Awan informed this on Friday in his office. Both NHA and the Punjab Metro Bus Authority (PMBA) had refused to run the operation of the said project after which the government decided to let the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabads-administration-seek-public-help-to-identify-benami-properties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ICT administration  (opens in a new tab)\">ICT administration <\/a>operationalise it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/police-revive-business-watch-programme-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Police to revive \u2018Business Watch\u2019 programme in Lahore (opens in a new tab)\">Police to revive \u2018Business Watch\u2019 programme in Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awan said the funds required to hire the staff and buy buses would be allocated in the coming budget. Additionally, the authorities are planning to replicate the model of Punjab Metro Bus Authority and execute it accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/quaid-e-azam-business-park-have-its-grid-station.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Quaid-e-Azam Business Park to have its own grid station (opens in a new tab)\">Quaid-e-Azam Business Park to have its own grid station<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The metro bus project has\nfaced a number of delays in the last three years and was supposed to be\ncompleted by August 2017. However, the project has not been completed yet and\nthe concern of price escalation remains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Peshawar-Islamabad Metro Bus Service project has been handed over to the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), a news source reported. As per the publication, the National Highway Authority (NHA) \u2013 which has been executing the said metro project \u2013 notified the deadline of 31st March to its contractors to finish the belated project. Read: Badami Bagh Bus Stand upgradation to cost PKR 30 mn; working paper, project plan prepared Special Assistant to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Capital Development Authority (CDA) Affairs Ali Nawaz Awan informed this on Friday in his office. Both NHA and the Punjab Metro Bus Authority (PMBA) had refused to run the operation of the said project after which the government decided to let the ICT administration operationalise it. Read: Police to revive \u2018Business Watch\u2019 programme in Lahore Awan said the funds required to hire the staff and buy buses would be allocated in the coming budget. Additionally, the authorities are planning to replicate the model of Punjab Metro Bus Authority and execute it accordingly. Read: Quaid-e-Azam Business Park to have its own grid station The metro bus project has faced a number of delays in the last three years and was supposed to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15020],"tags":[22087,1935,18726,23076],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-islamabad-capital-territory-ict","10":"tag-metro-bus-project","11":"tag-national-highway-authority-nha","12":"tag-operations-handed-over-to-ict","13":"cat-15012-id","14":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Metro Bus project: Operations handed over to ICT - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Peshawar-Islamabad Metro Bus Service project has been handed over to the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), a news source reported.\" \/>\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\/metro-bus-project-operations-handed-over-ict-nha-gives-contractors-deadline.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Metro Bus project: Operations handed over to ICT - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Peshawar-Islamabad Metro Bus Service project has been handed over to the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), a news source reported.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/metro-bus-project-operations-handed-over-ict-nha-gives-contractors-deadline.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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