{"id":20064,"date":"2024-09-11T14:31:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=20064"},"modified":"2024-09-11T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:31:21","slug":"free-transport-services-in-punjab-on-the-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2024\/09\/11\/free-transport-services-in-punjab-on-the-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Free transport services in Punjab on the cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PML-N-led Punjab government is set to introduce free travel facilities for senior citizens, students, and individuals with disabilities on the Orange Line, Metro, and Speedo buses.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transport department and the Mass Transit Authority is now awaiting final approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Which cities are included?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The free transport services will be available in Lahore, Multan, and Rawalpindi, providing accessible travel on the Metro Bus and Orange Line Train systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A summary outlining the details of this welfare initiative has been submitted to the Cabinet Committee on Finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The approval is expected to be finalized today during a meeting chaired by Senior Minister Maryam Aurangzeb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PML-N-led Punjab government is set to introduce free travel facilities for senior citizens, students, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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