Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif said Monday that another 100 electric buses have left Shanghai port for Pakistan and will be running in every district of the province by December.
“The fare is only rupees 20. Modern, CCTV monitored, climate-controlled and comfortable buses for citizens of Punjab,” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Replying to a comment, she added that more than 100 of the new buses would arrive in Rawalpindi “soon, Insha’Allah.”
The announcement follows a series of similar statements in recent weeks. On August 12, Sharif announced a fleet of 100 electric buses was being loaded at Yantai Port in China for districts including Mianwali, Okara, Nankana Sahib, Muzaffargarh, Vehari, Pakpattan and Dera Ghazi Khan, areas that have “long lacked a formal public transport system”.
Earlier, on July 29, she said 1,100 buses were under manufacture in China, with the first fleet of 240 expected to reach Pakistan in August for smaller districts.
Punjab first received 27 electric buses in January this year after Sharif announced in late December that the vehicles, manufactured in China, were ready to be shipped.
As per the government’s plan, the Chinese electric buses will gradually replace conventional buses with electric vehicles to provide affordable, environmentally friendly public transport across urban and rural areas.
