When I was in Peshawar university, we were of the view that Punjab public transport is far more better then Peshawar, although we hadn't been here at that time, however it was common in us that students in Punjab travel free in buses and the condition of the buses is good. However I have been in Lahore for the last one year and the situation is completely contrary. When you travel by these buses you surely will have a sigh of relief even when think about public transport in Peshawar.
I even have been to Karachi twice and feel that they have very nice public transport.
The situation of Punjab public transport is deteriorating. Some time you need to wait for one hour at single bus top for the bus to arrive. And when the bus arrived you will be shocked to see the people been put like animals. Oh I think its not the better sentence to describe the situation. 'coz we take animal more comfortably in our village.
Some time you will feel lucky when find a place for your half foot in the bus, the remaining parts of the body will be hanging out of the bus. Once you get into the bus, you will always look for a vacant seat. The situation become more irritating when people besides you find their seats and you reach your stop striving for the vacant one.
The people of Punjab are so honest that they even sometime forget to pay the fare. Honest coz they forget and don't do it intentionally and its better to forget fare coz i feel that in situation like this you may even forget yourself. So batter be careful while traveling through public transport here in Punjab.
I won't forget to tell you about the marketing in the buses. After working for 7 to 8 hours in office, waiting on a bus stop for long time, find overloaded bus and hardly find a place, you will face very hard time when a person start promoting products like books(magic way of learning English), perfumes, medicines of hakeem sahab and so on. The way they will highlight the benefits of their products is really amazing, however listening their speech for about 10 minutes you will surely think of suicide.
At the end when you reach your home, you will take lots of deep breathes and thank God(O God you make me able to reach home safely).
Jul 9, 2008
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