Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated Chief Minister Transport Programme for Women with 76 buses for girls' colleges in the province. In the first phase, 19 buses were given to women's colleges. The chief minister handed over the keys of buses to the principals of 19 colleges.
She inspected the buses and evaluated a proposal to provide air-conditioned vehicles for the girls' colleges.
During a briefing by Punjab Higher Education Secretary Dr Farrukh Naveed, the chief minister was informed that buses would be provided to 76 colleges in three phases.
In the first phase, buses have been given for 19 tehsils deprived of transport -- Bhakkar, Sialkot, Chiniot Kamalia, Hasilpur, Malakwal, Ferozewala, Shorekot, Jatoi, Fateh Jang, Hasan Abdal, Kot Momin, Jalalpur Pirwala, Kallar Syedan, Pindi Ghep, Manchanabad and Sharqpur.
In the second phase, the girls colleges of Nowshera Virkan, Dina, Yazman, Pindi Bhattian, Lalian, Bhawana, Kot Addu, Taxila, Sarai Alamgir and Pelaan will get buses. Allama Iqbal Town Lahore, Isa Khel, Raiwind and Sohawa girls colleges will also get buses by February 2025. By April 2025, buses and 32 coaches will be provided for 35 more tehsils.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz directed the authorities concerned to redesign the incentive package for foreign investors during a meeting with Portugal's ambassador.
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