Our smooth journey to Gilgit from Pindi ended up with a sudden break in gorges of the mountainous track leading to Pattan after around an hour travel from Bisham. This is a harsh part of the journey in the Kohistan district of KP. There is no coverage of any mobile network and the time i am writing this is 3 am in the early morning of February 2014. We are in a car, in which along with me are 3 guys of Pk army and a driver. All are in deep slumber specially the driver who took this blockade as blessing and immediately went to sleep. It seems it ll take quite a time for any tangible outcome of this situation. So hoping for the best i am too going to take a nap. Have a good time.
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 rec...
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