Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the Chief Minister Transport Program for Women with 76 buses for girls colleges across Punjab.
Nineteen buses were given to women’s colleges under the program in phase I. The CM met the students of women’s colleges on Monday during a ceremony, who presented her with a bouquet. She called the students on stage while inaugurating the transport program and handed over the keys of buses to the principals of 19 women’s colleges.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz inspected the buses and evaluated a proposal to provide air-conditioned buses for girls’ colleges. She was briefed by Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Farrukh Naveed about the program. The CM was apprised that buses would be provided to 76 colleges in Punjab in three phases.
In the first phase, buses have been given to 19 tehsils deprived of transport. These tehsils include Bhakkar, Sialkot, Chiniot Kamalia, Hasilpur, Malakwal, Ferozewala, Shorekot, Jatoi, Fateh Jang, Hasan Abdal, Kot Momin, Jalalpur Pirwala, Kallar Syedan, Pindi Ghep, Manchanabad and Sharqpur.
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Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the Chief Minister Transport Program for Women with 76 buses for girls colleges across Punjab.
Nineteen buses were given to women’s colleges under the program in phase I. The CM met the students of women’s colleges on Monday during a ceremony, who presented her with a bouquet. She called the students on stage while inaugurating the transport program and handed over the keys of buses to the principals of 19 women’s colleges.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz inspected the buses and evaluated a proposal to provide air-conditioned buses for girls’ colleges. She was briefed by Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Farrukh Naveed about the program. The CM was apprised that buses would be provided to 76 colleges in Punjab in three phases.
In the first phase, buses have been given to 19 tehsils deprived of transport. These tehsils include Bhakkar, Sialkot, Chiniot Kamalia, Hasilpur, Malakwal, Ferozewala, Shorekot, Jatoi, Fateh Jang, Hasan Abdal, Kot Momin, Jalalpur Pirwala, Kallar Syedan, Pindi Ghep, Manchanabad and Sharqpur.
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In the second phase, girls’ colleges of Nowshera Virkan, Dina, Yazman, Pindi Bhattian, Lalian, Bhawana, Kot Addu, Taxila, Sarai Alamgir and Pelaan would get buses. Allama Iqbal Town Lahore, Isa Khel, Raiwind, and Sohawa Girls Colleges will also get buses by February 2025.
By March-April 2025, in the third phase, 2 more buses and 32 coaches would be provided to 35 more tehsils. Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, Information & Culture Minister Azma Zahid Bukhari, Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat, and MPA Sania Ashiq accompanied the Chief Minister. The Chief Secretary of Punjab, the Principal Secretary to the CM, and other relevant officers were also present.
