Foton CNG Bus

Chinese automotive manufacturer, Foton Motors Company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of south-west Pakistan’s Sindh province for the provision and operation of 2,000 CNG buses. The joint venture will relieve public transport pressures for commuters in Karachi, Hyderabad and broaden services across the province. The Foton buses are designed in the USA and built in China, meeting the cultural and demographic requirements of the country.

The MoU was signed by Foton Pak Managing Director Joseph Verghese, Foton President Perry T Blackerby, Sindh Board of Investment (BOI) Secretary Muhammad Younus Dagha, Finance Secretary Naveed Kamran Baloch and Karachi Commissioner Muhammad Hussain Syed at a ceremony held at the Chief Minister’s House on Saturday.

Last week members of the delegation met with Pakistan’s President, Asif Ali Zardari, to discuss business opportunities in Pakistan in the field of bus industry.

The President expressed appreciation for the expansion of Foton’s operations in the country, saying that the success of a foreign transport company was testimony of vast potential present in the country in the field of transport. He asked the company to undertake bus operations in other major cities of the country including Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Multan to help overcome commuters transportation issues and to improve inter and intra city connectivity.

Sialkot, a city in the north-east of the Punjab province, has previously entered into an MoU with Foton, for 200 to 300 CNG and LPG buses, some of which have already been commissioned for inter- and intra- city transport.

Lahore Transport Company has also entered an agreement for the supply of 111 CNG buses over the next few months.

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