Abdul Hakeem Mohmand
\nPESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has failed to launch the Pink Bus service in the province in last more than two years despite several inaugurations of the project by the incumbent and previous Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)\u2019s government.
\nIn early 2018, the Japanese government had provided the KP government 1.79 million dollars for a project designed for safe transportation of women and children in cities. The project was planned to be launched with the technical implementing partnership of United Nations Office for Project Services and UN Women.
\nIn May 2018, the government had bought 14 pink buses which were parked in the open at a bus stand in the city\u2019s Chamkani locality. Since the buses have not seen the road till this day, most of their parts had almost started to crumble. Since its first inauguration by former Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, the project was inaugurated three times by other officials, including Governor Shah Farman and Speaker KP Assembly Mushtaq Ghani. The authorities, however, failed to formally start it so far.
\nThe project was initially planned for Peshawar but following the commencement of BRT project in the provincial capital, it was diverted to Mardan and Abbottabad. <\/p>\n