www.chinabuses.org: An agreement was signed between China’s Anhui Ankai Automobile Company Limited and the Punjab Government for the supply of as many as 575 modern CNG air-conditioned buses to ply in big Punjab cities a ceremony held on November 28th 2011.

Lahore Transport Company Chairman Khawaja Ahmad Hasaan and Wang Jiang’an, of the Chinese firm, signed the document at a ceremony held in the presence of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, MPA Mehr Ishtiaq Ahmed, Chairman Planning & Development, Secretaries of Transport and Finance departments and senior officials of the Chinese company.

Speaking on the occasion, Shahbaz Sharif said the agreement was a welcome step and the buses would ply in Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan and other big cities. Shahbaz said that best operators will be selected for operating this transport system, in past, for the first time an organized transport system was introduced in the form of the Daewoo Bus Service during his last tenure.

He said that a modern urban transport system is being set up in all major cities of the province with the cooperation of China and agreements in this regard reflect Pak-China friendship. He said that CNG air-conditioned buses are being operated in Lahore with the cooperation of Foton Company and now an agreement has been signed with Ankai company for acquiring 575 such buses. Wang Jiang’an said that prosperity of Pakistani people is dearer to him than commercial interests and all out cooperation will be extended for providing modern buses to the people of Punjab on soft terms.

Source : www.chinabuses.org

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