Punjab govt approves 1,500 electric buses for 91 tehsils

Profit by Pakistan Today reported that Punjab has approved extending its electric bus network to 91 tehsils. Under the plan, 1,500 buses are slated to enter service from January 2027 as one stage of a five-year target of 5,000 electric buses for the province. The approval came from Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif while presiding over a session of the Transport and Mass Transit Department in Lahore.

The government stated that 612 electric buses already operate in several districts, with another 192 due to start within days. Rawalpindi has the largest share of the listed allocations at 219 buses across 16 tehsils. The chief minister also noted that 189 new buses are ready for launch, while 488 more are expected from China later this month.

According to Punjab Mass Transit Authority estimates, close to 900,000 people use public transport each day, including over 300,000 Orange Line commuters and about 140,000 Metrobus riders. Work on mass transit systems in Faisalabad and Gujranwala is moving ahead, and rehabilitation of 25 Lahore Metrobus stations is also in progress.