Danish Ambassador rides Metro Bus like a true Islooite

Sørensen stood in line to buy his ticket, was given a once over by security and rode the bus, like a normal islooite

ISLAMABAD: The new Metro bus service, running between Islamabad and Rawalpindi, has everyone in the twin cities excited. It was thus only a matter of time that the fever spread to the foreign diplomatic corps as well.

On the afternoon of June 7, dressed in his best Sunday leisure attire, Denmark’s Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen, and a few colleagues, decided to try out the new bus service.

They boarded the bus from the Katchery Station.

Sørensen, who mostly gets chaperoned around with security and other staff, stood in line to purchase his own tickets.

He then had to go through a full body search with a metal detector. Shorts though helped get through it quickly.

Sørensen was then shown to the bus by an attendant.

During the ride he interacted with fellow passengers, both the men and the women, to get their point of view on the new bus service.

Last week, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the new half a billion dollar Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metro Bus service, calling it an iconic project is a symbol of changing Pakistan.

“This is Pakistan, a changing Pakistan,” said the prime minister while addressing at the Convention Centre in Islamabad. “It is the dawn of a new era.”