Two new routes of women-only Pink Bus launched in Karachi
Sharjeel Inam Memon says that Pink Bus Service will make it easy for women to go to schools, colleges and offices. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The People's Pink Bus Service dedicated for women has started its journey on two more routes in Karachi, according to a [press release form the provincial government on Wednesday.
Provincial ministers Sharjeel Inam Memon and Syed Nasir Hussain Shah inaugurated the bus service during a ceremony held at Sea View.
Addressing the ceremony, Sharjeel said that the Sindh government of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has started the bus service across the province on the directives of the party leadership.
In the first phase, the route was started in Karachi on a trial basis, he said, adding that the pink bus service for women was launched in Hyderabad after the great response from Karachi citizens.
He said that two new routes of the service are being added in Karachi from March 1.
"Pink Bus Service facility is being extended for the convenience of our mothers, sisters and daughters so that they can reach to their destination without harassment in modern commuting facility," he said.
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The minister said that this is a big initiative of Sindh government towards the empowerment of women, adding that it will make it easy for women to go to schools, colleges and offices.
He said that there is no separate bus service for women even in the developed countries of the world, adding that there are only 12 countries where there is a bus service and Pakistan is among them.
Sharjeel said that the move was praised by the global media as well and it would be extended to Sukkur, Larkana, and every district of the province so that women can have safe travel facilities.
The new Route No10 of pink bus starts from Numaish Chowrangi and proceeds through MA Jinnah Road to Zaibunnisa Street, Metropole, Teen Talwar, Do Talwar, Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Dolmen Mall and McDonald to Clock Tower Sea View.
The other route starts from Powerhouse Chowrangi North Karachi and culminate at Indus Hospital Korangi plying via Nagan Chowrangi, Shafiq Mor, Gulshan Chowrangi, Johar Mor, COD, Drigh Road, Shara-e-Faisal, Shah Faisal Colony and Singer Chowrangi Korangi No 5.