Pink Bus Service begins in Hyderabad

After Karachi and Sukkur, the operation of Pink Bus Service, equipped with modern travel facilities for women, was inaugurated in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Shaghufta Jumani inaugurated the service at a ceremony at SRTC Bus Terminal, Qasimabad.

Talking to the media at the launch of Pink People's Bus Service, MNA Jumani said that launching a bus service dedicated to woman was another step forward to serve the people.

She informed that two Pink buses would ply from Hyder Chowk to Hatri Bypass. She said that special seats had also been arranged for differently-abled and elderly women in the bus.

Present on the occasion, Secretary Transport Abdul Haleem Shaikh said that soon the routes of the Pink bus would be increased for which planning was going on.

Answering a question, he said that the Pink Bus would pass through Hyder Chowk, Gul Centre, Thandi Sarak, Wahdat Colony, Sindh Museum, Qasim Chowk, Pathan Colony, Central Jail, Hala Naka, Isra Hospital and would reach its final destination Hatri Bypass.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 19^th, 2023.