KARACHI, Nov 2: New fares of airconditioned and non-airconditioned buses running between Karachi and major cities of the country were announced at a meeting held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the Sindh transport minister and attended by officials and owners of inter-city/inter-provincial bus services.

Official sources said the new fares were being announced consequent upon complaints from the public regarding charging of excessive fares by transport operators of these buses. The meeting was attended, besides the minister, by the Sindh secretary, LTIC, the deputy inspector-general (traffic) all senior superintendent of police (traffic zones), the TPOs of Saddar and Gulberg towns, senior officers of the transport department and owners of buses.

The following fares of airconditioned/non-airconditioned stage carriages were unanimously agreed upon till further order:

Destination agreed approved fare

 

From            To AC Non-AC
Karachi to Hyderabad  Rs120  Rs80 
Karachi to Mirpurkhas  Rs160    NA 
Karachi to Nawabshah  Rs180    NA 
Karachi to Sukkur  Rs250  Rs160 
Karachi to Larkana  Rs250  Rs160 
Karachi to Shikarpur  Rs250  Rs160 
Karachi to Jacobabad  Rs280    NA 
Karachi to Dera Murad Jamali  Rs400    NA 
Karachi to Usta Muhammad  Rs400    NA 
Karachi to Sadiqabad  Rs400    NA 
Karachi to Dera Ghazi Khan  Rs450    NA 
Karachi to Alipur  Rs450    NA 
Karachi to Lahore  Rs850    NA 
Karachi to Mansehra  Rs900  Rs600
Karachi to Muzaffarabad  Rs950    NA 
Karachi to Peshawar  Rs900    NA 
Karachi to Mingora    NA  Rs650 

— APP

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