{"id":115154,"date":"2026-06-12T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=115154"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:33:00","slug":"islamabad-metro-bus-service-temporarily-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/islamabad-metro-bus-service-temporarily-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad Metro bus service temporarily suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: <span class=\"\">The <\/span><span class=\"\">Islamabad <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/lahore-metro-bus-catches-fire-near-kalma-chowk\/\"><span class=\"\">Metro bus <\/span><\/a><span class=\"\">has <\/span><span class=\"\">been <\/span><span class=\"\">shut <\/span><span class=\"\">down <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">after <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">threats <\/span><span class=\"\">of <\/span><span class=\"\">a <\/span><span class=\"\">possible <\/span><span class=\"\">protest <\/span><span class=\"\">by <\/span><span class=\"\">government <\/span><span class=\"\">employees, <\/span><span class=\"\">officials <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">have <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-card text-card-foreground flex flex-col gap-6 rounded-xl border shadow-sm p-6 space-y-4\" data-slot=\"card\">\n<div class=\"relative h-[400px] border rounded-md bg-muted\/30 overflow-y-auto p-3\">\n<div class=\"space-y-4 text-[18px] md:text-[18px] leading-relaxed whitespace-pre-wrap\">\n<div><span class=\"cursor-pointer hover:bg-primary\/20 hover:text-primary transition-colors rounded px-0.5 py-0.5\" data-state=\"closed\" data-slot=\"tooltip-trigger\"><span class=\"\">Officials <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">stated <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">that <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"\">Metro <\/span><span class=\"\">was <\/span><span class=\"\">suspended <\/span><span class=\"\">as <\/span><span class=\"\">a <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">precaution, <\/span><span class=\"\">so <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">that <\/span><span class=\"\">it <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">would <\/span><span class=\"\">not <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">affect <\/span><span class=\"\">public <\/span><span class=\"\">transport, <\/span><span class=\"\">as <\/span><span class=\"\">it <\/span><span class=\"\">has <\/span><span class=\"\">been <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">revealed <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">that <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"\">employees <\/span><span class=\"\">were <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">scheduled <\/span><span class=\"\">to <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">demonstrate <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">against the <\/span><span class=\"\">government<\/span><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-2\"><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"cursor-pointer hover:bg-primary\/20 hover:text-primary transition-colors rounded px-0.5 py-0.5\" data-state=\"closed\" data-slot=\"tooltip-trigger\"><span class=\"\">Commuters <\/span><span class=\"\">are <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">suffering <\/span><span class=\"\">due <\/span><span class=\"\">to <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"\">sudden <\/span><span class=\"\">suspension.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"h-2\"><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"cursor-pointer hover:bg-primary\/20 hover:text-primary transition-colors rounded px-0.5 py-0.5\" data-state=\"closed\" data-slot=\"tooltip-trigger\"><span class=\"\">Government <\/span><span class=\"\">employee <\/span><span class=\"\">leader, <\/span><span class=\"\">Rahman <\/span><span class=\"\">Bajwa, <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">stated <\/span><span class=\"bg-green-100 dark:bg-green-900\/30\">that <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"\">abrupt <\/span><span class=\"\">closure <\/span><span class=\"\">of <\/span><span class=\"\">the <\/span><span class=\"\">Metro <\/span><span class=\"\">service was a government decision to protect the country&#8217;s assets.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Metro bus has been shut down after threats of a possible protest by government employees, officials have revealed. Officials stated that the Metro was suspended as a precaution, so that it would not affect public transport, as it has been revealed that the employees were scheduled to demonstrate against the government. Commuters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":45812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[20710],"class_list":["post-115154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-metro-bus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115154","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115155,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115154\/revisions\/115155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}