LAHORE, Nov 30: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday announced starting a separate bus service for women in the provincial capital. For a brief journey, the chief minister boarded one of the new CNG buses run by the Lahore Transport Company (LTC). He was accompanied by the LTC chairman and some commuters.

Passengers acknowledged the chief minister’s initiative for starting the new bus service in the provincial metropolis which needed urgent improvements in the public transport sector.

Appreciating comfortable travel in the new bus, the people urged the chief minister to increase the number of buses on various busy routes of the city.

The chief minister assured them that steps were being taken for increasing buses during coming months.—APP