CM pays surprize visit to Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro

Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif paid a surprise visit to Pakistan Metro Bus route and reviewed the facilities being provided to the commuters.

The Chief Minister reached metro bus station Sadar without protocol and purchased a ticket by standing in a queue and traveled by metro bus along with commuters to Faizabad Station. During the journey the Chief Minister mingled with the commuters and talked about metro bus service.

When Shahbaz Sharif reached Sadar station, the people were astonished to see the Chief Minister among them and raised slogans of “Sher Aya, Metro Laya” and Shahbaz Sharif Zindabad. The traders, children, students, women and elderly persons in metro bus showed happiness at seeing the Chief Minister among them and paid tributes to Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif for launching metro bus service.

Talking to the Chief Minister, commuters from Muzaffarabad, Gilgit Baltistan and Hyderabad said that the quality of metro bus journey is better than an international public transport. Traders of Rawalpindi said that earlier, they had to change a number of vehicles to reach Islamabad after travelling of hours, now metro bus has provided comfortable and quality transport facilities and they reach Islamabad only in 45 minutes. Women commuters prayed for the Chief Minister and said that they have never travelled by such a splendid and quality public transport earlier. They said that the fare of metro bus has been kept within the reach of common man. They further said that with the start of metro bus service, besides availability of respectable, comfortable and quality transport facility, time and money have also been saved.

Talking to commuters, the Chief Minister said that Pakistan Metro Bus is a great project of providing facilities to the people and their welfare. He said that this glorious project has been evolved for providing respectable, comfortable, quality and rapid international travelling facilities to the people. He said that Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has extended full cooperation regarding metro bus project and thanked him. He said that such projects aimed at welfare and progress of the people will be continued in future as well.