Ban on wagons on urban routes flayed

Wagon owners, divers, staff and their family members will protest against the imposition of ban on plying of wagons on urban routes on June 1.
This was announced by Wagon Owners Alliance President Abdul Aziz Awan in a press conference at Al-Markaz-e-Islami.
He said the district administration had introduced bus service about a year ago, and now forcing the wagon owners to stop plying their vehicles, which was a violation of the agreement between the owners and the district Urban Transport Authority (UTA).
Aziz Awan said the wagon owners had been protesting for the last one year, but all their efforts proved futile due to indifferent attitude of the district government officials.
He said there was no justification to ban wagons to make the bus service a success. The wagons owners and drivers were being implicated in bogus cases to harass them, he claimed.
Aziz Awan said that protest would be staged outside the offices of the District Nazim and the District Co-ordination Officer (DCO).
He claimed that Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Deputy Secretary General Liaquat Baloch, members of National and Punjab Assemblies, belonging to the Pakistan People Party (PPP), the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and other political leaders would take part in the protest
MMA District President Sardar Zafar Husain said the district administration was playing in the hands of influential owners of bus service for lust of money.
He announced full support to the protesting transporters, adding that activists of the Jamaat-i-Islami and other religious parties would also attend the protest rally of June 1 to press the government for acceptance of their demands.