LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved the launch of an electric bus service at the tehsil level from January 2027, with 1,500 buses to be deployed across 91 tehsils, officials said on Wednesday.
The chief minister has also approved dedicated electric bus depots for each tehsil, while the first batch of buses is expected to arrive in Lahore in January. The provincial government aims to have 3,000 electric buses operational across Punjab by June 2027.
According to a briefing at a meeting chaired by CM Punjab, Multan’s nine tehsils would receive 169 buses, Sahiwal’s four tehsils 87, and Bahawalpur’s 11 tehsils 215 buses. Dera Ghazi Khan’s 10 tehsils would get 63 buses, Faisalabad’s 12 tehsils 202, and Sargodha’s 14 tehsils 198 buses.
Gujranwala’s seven tehsils would receive 125 buses, Gujrat’s eight tehsils 122, while 219 buses would be deployed across 16 tehsils of Rawalpindi.
The briefing said 612 electric buses were already fully operational in various districts of the province, benefiting millions of commuters daily.
Another 192 buses in Multan and other districts would become operational within days.
Additional buses would be provided to Sargodha, Sahiwal, Faisalabad, Lahore, Muzaffargarh, Rawalpindi, Jhang, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan and Attock, while Bhakkar, Hafizabad, Khanewal, Chiniot, Layyah, Okara, Sialkot, Murree, Gujrat and Sheikhupura would also receive additional services.
Further buses are planned for Mandi Bahauddin, Vehari, Kasur, Lodhran, Nankana Sahib, Narowal, Gujranwala and Multan.
The chief minister set a target for completion of the first phase of the electric bus programme by the end of September this year.
Meanwhile, work on mass transit systems in Faisalabad and Gujranwala is progressing rapidly. A project for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 25 stations of the Lahore Metrobus service is also under way.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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