Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has announced that the Sindh government has found a solution to Karachi’s traffic problems.
He said on Thursday major intercity bus stands are being relocated out of the city, and illegal bus stands are being removed. To alleviate traffic congestion, he said, a free shuttle service has been introduced to transport passengers to the bus terminal outside the city. This will help address the heavy traffic that has been impacting the city’s traffic system, he remarked.
Memon said that for the first time in Pakistan’s history, the Sindh Excise and Taxation Department held a fundraising auction to issue premium number plates, and the Sindh government received Rs670 million in the first phase.
Speaking to the media at the Sindh Assembly Media Corner, Minister for Information, Transport, Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control Memon said the funds obtained from the premium number plates are being allocated to the world’s largest housing project for flood victims, as envisioned by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
In the second phase, another ceremony for issuing premium number plates will be held in Karachi on October 12. Philanthropists will purchase these premium number plates, and the proceeds will be donated to flood victims.
He mentioned that in the last week of September, premium number plates will be issued online for the first time in Pakistan’s history.