LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Wafaqi hukumat ki janib se petrol aur diesel ki qeematon mein kami ke baad Punjab mein transport companies ne musafir kirayon mein fi ticket 100 rupay tak kami kar di hai, hukkam ne Budh ko bataya, jabke maal bardar transporters ne kirayon mein 3 feesad tak kami ki hai.
Lahore Regional Transport Authority ke secretary Rana Mohsin ne kaha ke operators ne bus adon par nayi kiraya fehristen aawezan kar di hain aur naye nirkh foran nafiz ho gaye hain. Unka kehna tha ke jo operators musafiron se purane ya zyada kiraye wusool karte rahenge un ke khilaf karrawai hogi.
Sargodha mein transporters ne District Regional Transport Authority ke secretary Malik Muhammad Tahir ke sath ijlas ke baad tamam routes par kirayon mein 12 feesad kami par ittefaq kiya, jinhon ne fuel ki qeematon mein kami ke baad kirayon ka jaiza lene ke liye unhein talab kiya tha. Tahir ne kaha ke naye kiraye foran nafiz hain, baqaida notification jari kiya ja raha hai, aur amal na karne wale transporters ke khilaf qanooni karrawai ki jayegi.
Unka kehna tha ke is kami ka maqsad saste petrol aur diesel ka faida musafiron tak pohanchana hai.
Punjab ke wazir-e-transport Bilal Akbar Khan ne hukkam ko hidayat ki ke musafiron se zaid kiraya wusool karne wale transporters ke khilaf sakht karrawai ki jaye, aur kaha ke public transport ke kiraye petroleum masnuaat ki qeematon mein kami ke mutabiq kam hone chahiye. Unhon ne manzoor shuda kirayon ki had ki khilaf warzi karne wale operators ke khilaf karrawai tez karne ki hidayat bhi ki aur kaha ke dhuan chhorne wali gaariyon ke khilaf hukumati crackdown jari hai.
Kirayon mein kami ki wajah: fuel sasta
Wafaqi hukumat ne 11 November se petrol ki qeemat 8 rupay fi litre kam kar ke 338 rupay aur diesel ki qeemat 7 rupay kam kar ke 371 rupay kar di thi. Zyada tar intercity buses, coaches, aur maal bardar gaariyan diesel par chalti hain, is liye is ki qeemat ka barah-e-raast asar tickets aur maal bardari ke nirkhon par parta hai.
Fuel ki qeematen badastoor aik siyasi masla hain. Jamaat-e-Islami ne petroleum levy ke khatme ke mutalbe par mulk gir ehtejaj aur 29 November ko Minar-e-Pakistan par jalse ka elaan kar rakha hai.
