Cut in CNG Price: Transport mafia refused to reduce fare
ISLAMABAD: Despite remarkable cut in the prices of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), the transport fares could not be reduced in the country as transport mafia flatly disregarded the idea of Supreme Court to provide some relief to the masses. The Supreme Court’s Eid gift to the general public has been stolen by the transport mafia as transporters have not yet reduced its fares despite massive reduction in the prices of CNG last week. The commuters who were returning from their native lands to their places of duties/businesses paid high fares. Rickshaw and taxi drivers were also compelling the commuters to pay their demand fares, as they also want to make most on the eve of Eid at the cost hapless public. The general public has urged the government to take stern action against the transport mafia and force them to slash the transport fares in proportion to the low cost of CNG. They demanded that the Regional Transport Authorities and the Traffic police should be given clea...