Electronic payment system inaugurated

RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Transport and Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussein formally inaugurated the installation of electronic payment system and up-gradation of Peshawar Bus Terminal here on Friday.

The electronic system would play a major role in eliminating the menace of overcharging along with favourable behaviour change. Electronic fee collection from vehicles would take place on the spot through hand held devices of specified functionality.

Similarly, due to up-gradation of Peshawar Bus Terminal, the state of the art travelling facilities would also be available to passengers and transporters. Besides a large number of transporters Secretary Transport, Azmat Hanif Orakzai and Director Transport were also present.

Addressing a function held at the occasion, Mian Iftikhar said that transport was such a business with whom a large number of people of this province were attached and was a major source of income for the Pakhtuns throughout the country, but this profession has been defamed.

He added that it is our first priority to make this profession an honourable and transparent one. He said that they would evolve such a comprehensive system to make it corruption free profession and bring favourable behaviour change in it.

The Provincial Minister said that the government would establish a transport complex where every kind of modern facility would be available to transporters and passengers.

He said that ban was imposed on route permit for vehicles and now we are introducing computerised system for route permits on January 5, 2012 to ensure transparent, systematic and easy issuance of route permit. Secretary Transport also addressed on the occasion.

It is noteworthy that the electronic payment system of fee was to introduce with partnership of A2Z. Similarly up-gradation of Peshawar bus terminal include renovation of main hall, establishment, modernisation and renovation of washrooms, canteen, mosques and drainage system.