National News

LAHORE, June 1 (APP): A meeting was held here on Thursday
in the chair of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif to
ponder over proposals with regard to introduction of Ropeways Transport
in the province.
Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said
that Ropeways Transport was a brilliant idea which would
attract people as this kind of transport could be utilised
for the purpose of mass-transit. He said the foreign
company engaged in the preparation of Ropeways system had
agreed to work with the Punjab government for this programme.
He directed to conduct feasibility of launching the
Ropeways Transport at four different places and directed that
feasibility to launch of this system from Imamia Colony to
Railway Station, Jehangir’s Tomb to Greater Iqbal Park, Jallo
Morre to Thokar Niaz Baig and from Islamabad to Murree be
prepared soon.
Provincial Ministers Ch Sher Ali, Mujtaba Shuja-ur-
Rehman, Secretaries of Transport and Environment departments,
MD Punjab Mass Transit Authority, the commissioner
and concerned officers attended the meeting.