{"id":46088,"date":"2024-08-24T15:55:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T10:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=46088"},"modified":"2024-08-24T15:55:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T10:55:24","slug":"sindh-govt-to-launch-first-ever-ev-taxi-service-with-female-drivers-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/sindh-govt-to-launch-first-ever-ev-taxi-service-with-female-drivers-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sindh govt to launch first ever EV taxi service with female drivers in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The Sindh government has unfolded plans to launch an<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/skyelectric-breaks-into-japanese-market-paving-way-for-global-expansion\/\"> electric vehicle (EV) taxi service<\/a> in Karachi, prioritizing female drivers, as part of a comprehensive strategy to address transportation challenges in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Provincial Minister Sharjeel Memon announced the introduction of the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/free-pink-bus-service-launched-for-female-students-teachers\/\">Pink Taxi Service<\/a>,&#8221; designed to provide a safe and convenient travel option for women.<\/p>\n<p>Memon criticized the previous caretaker government&#8217;s handling of traffic issues, attributing the recent surge in transportation problems to their ineptitude.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the current administration is actively working to resolve these issues and upgrade the city&#8217;s transport infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the provincial government has resumed work on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/cm-sindh-announces-compensation-amount-for-iran-bus-crash-victims\/\">Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)<\/a> project, supported by the World Bank, aiming to improve public transport and benefit citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The 26.5-kilometer BRT project will feature new EV buses and bio-gas-powered red line buses, ensuring smooth travel through underpasses.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the Minister also criticized the previous PTI government for failing to deliver on promises of employment and housing, asserting that subsequent administrations have been unfairly burdened with addressing their shortcomings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The Sindh government has unfolded plans to launch an electric vehicle (EV) taxi service in Karachi, prioritizing female drivers, as part of a comprehensive strategy to address transportation challenges in the city. Provincial Minister Sharjeel Memon announced the introduction of the &#8220;Pink Taxi Service,&#8221; designed to provide a safe and convenient travel option for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":46089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20798,20799,20800],"class_list":["post-46088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-electric-taxi-service","tag-pink-taxi-services","tag-sindh-minister-sharjeel-memon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46088","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=46088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46090,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46088\/revisions\/46090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}