A fire aboard a Singapore-registered cargo ship was finally extinguished Tuesday after a 13-day international operation off Sri Lanka’s coast, the navy said. Experts from Dutch salvage company SMIT boarded the MV X-Press Pearl and reported massive flooding of the engine rooms, Sri Lanka navy spokesman Indika de Silva told AFP.
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Registration of electric vehicles complicated, costly, PM’s aide told
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Thursday said that introducing modern and environmental-friendly transport system through electric vehicles was of unprecedented importance to efforts for coping with Pakistan’s air pollution woes and making cities clean and green under Imran Khan’s world-acclaimed green agenda. “Introducing electric vehicles in the […]
Public transport to resume from Sunday
On Saturday Mass Transit Authority has decided to resume the Metro Bus Service from Sunday in Lahore starting from 6 am. The Mass Transit Authority have decided to start the service a day before than it was decided as the positivity ratio of the Coronavirus has been declining. The Metro Service was closed till May […]
NCOC bans inter-provincial transport on weekends
Amid the third wave of coronavirus in Pakistan and record positive cases, National Command and Operation Centre has decided to suspend inter-provincial transport on weekends with effect from 10th April. “In a session held at the NCOC, it was decided to ban inter-provincial transport for two days a week (Saturday and Sunday) with effect from […]
KP transport secretary removed from post
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has dismissed its transport secretary over delays in the construction of the BRT project in Peshawar. The notification to this effect was issued on Tuesday. Transport and Mass Transit Secretary Kamran Rehman has been removed from his post and the role has been temporarily given to Board of Revenue member Fakhre […]