CHIEF Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the Punjab government is implementing a strategy for the provision of an affordable and comfortable transport service to the people and a project has already been initiated in the provincial metropolis.
He was speaking during a ceremony held for signing an agreement between the Punjab government and Chinese firm, Anhui Ankai Automobile Company Limited, for provision of buses here on Monday. Lahore Transport Company Chairman Khawaja Ahmad Hasaan and Chinese company Chairman Wang Jiang’an signed the document under which, the company would provide 575 modern CNG air-conditioned buses to for various big cities of the province.
Addressing the event, the chief minister said that the agreement signed with the Chinese company was a welcome step and the buses would be plied in Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan and other big cities of the province. He said that the best operators would be selected for operating the transport system. He said CNG air-conditioned buses were plying on Lahore roads with the cooperation of Foton Company and now an agreement had been signed with Ankai company for acquiring 575 such buses.
Chairman Ankai Company Wang Jiang’an said that prosperity of Pakistani people was dearer to him than commercial interests and all-out cooperation would be extended to the government for providing buses to Punjab on soft terms.
Member Provincial Assembly Mehr Ishtiaq Ahmed, the Planning & Development chairman, secretaries of Transport and Finance departments and senior officials of the Chinese company were also present. Meanwhile, Shahbaz Sharif has said that agreements have been signed with Chinese companies for provision of modern transport facilities to the people and a transport network is being set up across the province.
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