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Punjab to launch electric-bus service in 91 tehsils

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved the launch of an electric bus service at the tehsil level from January 2027, with 1,500 buses to be deployed across 91 tehsils, officials said on Wednesday. The chief minister has also approved dedicated electric bus depots for each tehsil, while the first batch of buses is expected to arrive in Lahore in January. The provincial…

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ADB set to finalise ML-1 design by Oct

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s much-awaited Main Line-1 (ML-1) railway project is entering into a critical phase as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is set to finalise its design by October, after which procurement and other implementation requirements are expected to move ahead.

SMEs, agriculture: Govt doubles financing targets: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: The government has set an ambitious target to double financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and agriculture to Rs2 trillion each by June 2028, while housing finance under the Prime Minister’s flagship affordable housing programme has surged to Rs351.3 billion, Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb said on…

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