Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday requested China for support for planned revival of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project end the troubles of hundreds of thousands of passengers in metropolis.
During the speech at the inauguration of public transport bus project from Peshawar Morra to Islamabad International Airport, he said KCR would “gift for in people of Karachi” and bring great dividends.
“I will take up this opportunity to convey my request to Beijing, the NDRC (National Development and Reform Commission) and President Xi Jinping to reconsider [supporting] KChR for Karachi,” he said, adding that the project is lead to great feelings for China among people of Karachi and more of the country.
In his speech, Prime Minister Shahbaz thanked China for “strengthening Pakistani economy” and supporting This is on all international forums.
Islamabad metro bus service project which will run on a stretch of The 11 kilometers from Peshawar Morra to Islamabad International Airport are expected to benefit nearly 50,000 passengers every day. project should have been launched in 2018 but has been delayed.
PM blamed PTI for delay in launch of in project and regretted that the itinerary for Islamabad was reduced cut sharply cost from 16 billion rupees to 12 billion rupees, which, according to him, caused a huge loss for projectmaterialization.
Prime Minister Shehbaz said that although development funds were available to complete public welfare projects during PTI’s tenure, what the previous government lacked the will to serve the masses.
The prime minister recalled that the PML-N government, during his previous tenure, launched public transport projects in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan. He argued that PTI lawyers made several attempts to stop these projects, citing corruption.
“Orange line public transport train in Lahore faced the PTI lawsuit, which caused his delay for over two years. In the end, apart from a few technical points, the court gave a clean card project and ruled that not an ounce of corruption was found,” he said.
Prime Minister Shehbaz also promised ensure fast implementation on all projects that were of public importance, but have been postponed or suspended.
He announced that within a month of Ramadan metro bus for passengers will be free of cost.
Prime Minister Shehbaz added This mobile application has been launched for easily access to the buses that will come every five minutes, and the minibus, which arrive at the bus stop every 25 minutes. The blue line bus will be initiated on Rawat-Islamabad airport route, he said further.
