Sindh Transport and Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon invited UK entrepreneurs to invest in Karachi’s public transport sector, saying the city is peaceful and an ideal destination for investing in Pakistan.
He extended the invitation during a meeting with a delegation from the British Commission, led by Batool Zehra, who visited him here on Thursday.
The delegation was made up of the Second Secretary and Business Manager of the UK diplomatic mission in Pakistan.
Others attending the meeting included Sindh CM Special Assistant on Investment Qasim Naveed and Transport Secretary Abdul Haleem Sheikh.
Memon said Karachi presented great investment opportunities and the Sindh government had put a lot of effort into introducing a modern public transport system in the city.
The People’s Bus Service was recently launched in Karachi, while the Orange Line BRTS service will soon be operational, he added. Memon said it was a government priority to introduce public buses of European standards in Karachi.
He said that the prime minister had sanctioned the release of Rs 1,500 crore to improve Karachi’s road infrastructure, especially the different routes of the People’s Bus Service, and improvement work had been started in this regard.
He informed the delegation that in a month the survey work to improve the routes of the Popular Bus Service would be completed. He said the proposed Karachi circular rail service would be a major public transport project for the city.
Memon said that the CM had raised the issue with the federal government that the KCR should become part of the CPEC regime for its expedited development. He mentioned that the CM had also demanded that the federal government return control of the KCR to Sindh.
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