{"id":106274,"date":"2026-04-03T14:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=106274"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:54:27","slug":"cm-maryam-nawaz-announces-free-public-transport-in-all-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/cm-maryam-nawaz-announces-free-public-transport-in-all-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Maryam Nawaz announces free public transport in all cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/e-challan-system-karachi-questioned-in-court-after-public-transport-bus-challan-dispute\/\">public transport<\/a> will be made free in all cities.<\/p>\n<p>After the orders of the Punjab Chief Minister, now passengers of the Orange Line train, Metro Bus service, and Speedo bus will not have to buy tickets. Citizens will not have to buy tickets while traveling in the green electric bus either.<\/p>\n<p>Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has also announced to provide a subsidy of Rs 100 per liter of diesel to farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Maryam Nawaz said that the people will not be left alone in difficult situations, in unusual situations, citizens should use public transport instead of personal vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>She said that as a result of the war, the world is suffering from a global economic crisis, and as soon as the situation improves, the people will be relieved of the economic burden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ca5c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ca5c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PM Shehbaz Sharif halts NHA toll tax increase<\/h3>\n<p>The Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the National Highway Authority (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/iranian-president-masoud-pezeshkian-safe-and-unharmed-says-spokesperson\/\">NHA<\/a>) to immediately stop the increase in toll taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The move is aimed at providing relief to the citizens of the country. According to official sources, the decision has been made in view of the growing concern among the citizens regarding the hike in travel expenses due to the increase in the prices of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>The decision is aimed at halting the increase in toll taxes on the national highways and motorways until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>The official sources said that the Prime Minister of the country has stressed the need to reduce the financial burden on the citizens of the country, especially when the prices are already high.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced that public transport will be made free in all cities. After the orders of the Punjab Chief Minister, now passengers of the Orange Line train, Metro Bus service, and Speedo bus will not have to buy tickets. Citizens will not have to buy tickets while traveling in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":106275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12936,39262],"class_list":["post-106274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-cm-maryam-nawaz","tag-free-public-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106276,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106274\/revisions\/106276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}