Well there is a good news and there is a bad news. Keeping in view the current situation of the country i ll save the good news for the latter part of the post so first the bad news, PKR decpreciated to new lows of Rs. 100 against USD. Zardari should be laughing in his palace with this automatic surge in his dollars kept saftely abroad in the vaults of Swiss bank and so many other like him. Well the good news is such that this "tiny" matter of economics seems not a big deal. According to the respected ISPR our country has achieved another milestone in its pursuit of Missile firing- Another missile is fired with some range i don't remember (as there are so much of them, u can't really remember their details). No matter it is good enough to reach the town of Booni which is located at a distance of 75 KM. Good enough if it could be put to service for delivery of mails, food or other rather being jealously guarded at some unknown location for eternity. So the good news cancels the bad news and we are back to square :P
The much awaited Metro Bus Service is now functional in Islamabad connecting it to the twin city of Rawalpindi. The PKR 45 billion cost (USD 4440 million) of the project was criticized mainly by the opposition parties led by Tehreek Insaaf. However the record time for completion of the project is something which justifies the the financial outlay. In Pakistan Public Sector infrastructure projects are plagued by delays and some are altogether abandoned after partial work. The 23 KM long metro has 24 station. Today I had a glimpse of Pakistan Secretariat Station of it. There is quite excitement among the travelers and many are travelling just to have fun. Few pics here. Although secretariat is closed today being Saturday, still large number of public was seen buying tickets and Metro-Bus Card. To avoid queuing up the line to buy ticket, a better option is to get a Metro-Bus Card. The card can be reloaded and costs 130 Rs for the first time and subsequently recharg
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