{"id":5332,"date":"2025-08-12T20:58:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=5332"},"modified":"2025-08-12T20:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:58:49","slug":"100-electric-buses-depart-from-china-for-punjabs-underserved-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/08\/12\/100-electric-buses-depart-from-china-for-punjabs-underserved-regions","title":{"rendered":"100 electric buses depart from China for Punjab\u2019s underserved regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"422\"><strong data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"188\">Lahore:<\/strong> In a major step toward improving public transport in underdeveloped areas, 100 state-of-the-art electric buses have been dispatched from China to Pakistan. These buses will soon begin operations in several remote districts of Punjab.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"654\">Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz stated that the new fleet will be deployed in <strong data-start=\"505\" data-end=\"561\">Mianwali, Okara, Nankana Sahib, Muzaffargarh, Vehari<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"580\">Pakpattan<\/strong> \u2014 areas where organized public transport has never been available before.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"941\">These fully electric buses are <strong data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"738\">eco-friendly and equipped with modern amenities<\/strong> such as <strong data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"787\">Wi-Fi, an automated ticketing system<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"850\">accessible features for differently-abled individuals<\/strong>. The fare has been set at an affordable <strong data-start=\"891\" data-end=\"901\">PKR 20<\/strong> to ensure access for all income groups.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"1100\">This marks the first time electric public transport will operate in rural Punjab, offering citizens a <strong data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1099\">safe, comfortable, and modern commuting experience<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1289\">Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz emphasized that this initiative reflects her government\u2019s commitment to inclusive development and improving the quality of life in all regions of the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: In a major step toward improving public transport in underdeveloped areas, 100 state-of-the-art electric buses have been dispatched from China to Pakistan. These buses will soon begin operations in several remote districts of Punjab. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz stated that the new fleet will be deployed in Mianwali, Okara, Nankana Sahib, Muzaffargarh, Vehari, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[2456,160,2452,2454,2455,2453,2294],"class_list":["post-5332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-business","category-national-news","tag-amenities","tag-headline","tag-maryam-nawaz","tag-pakpattan","tag-pkr-20","tag-punjab-chief-ministe","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5334,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332\/revisions\/5334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}