ISLAMABAD: Punjab Governor Rafique Rajwana will perform the inauguration of Islamabad City Tour, a bus service, on January 10.
The opening ceremony would also be graced by eminent personalities like former tourism minister Nelofar Bakhtiar, lawmakers, commissioners of twin cities, district coordination officer (DCOs), mayors of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The participation of Punjab Chief Minister is also expected in the ceremony as the chief guest.
To finalize arrangements of the launching ceremony of Islamabad City Tours, Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation Managing Director Ch Abdul Ghafoor Khan chaired a special meeting, which attended by officials concerned, including general manager, Tourists Information Center and Audit Branch, Ali Akbar Malik, General Manager, Flashman Hotel, Rawalpindi, Ashfaq Lothar and Media Manager Mukhtar Ali, besides Protocol Officer Arshad Ali.
The managing director issued necessary directives to the officials in connection with the inauguration of the bus service at the Chief Executive Office of the PTDC.
Ghafoor directed that national would be displayed at all over the places of the PTDC office and the staff should wear office uniforms at the inaugural ceremony.
Coloured balloons and buntings would be displayed during the inauguration ceremony. Police bands would perform tunes of national songs on the occasion. Later, talking to a selective group of journalists, Ghafoor Khan said that a long fleet of vehicles along with the buses of Islamabad City Tour (ICT) would leave Islamabad from Flashman Hotel after the inauguration by the punjab governor. The buses of ICT have been fully decorated with national flags, pictures of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Punjab governor and the PTDC managing director. “Nominal fare for travelling in ICT bus has been fixed, enabling people to utilise its services.”
Published in Daily Times, January 3rd 2018.