Question Hour.

KARACHI -- Sindh Minister for Transport and Mass Transit Syed Awais Qadir Shah stressed the need for a vigilance and implementation force to ensure implementation of rules and maintain check and balance.

Replying to lawmakers' queries during the Question Hour, Awais decried shortage of resources to bind the transporters and other authorities to implementation of the rules and said that other departments have their own force but the transport department heavily rely on police. 'Unfortunately, our police is not willing to do some good work. I had sought the services of Mobile Vehicle Inspectors for checking fitness of public buses but they did not turn up. There are some good police officers as well but all five fingers are not equal,' the minister regretted.

He was of the view that he had asked the chief minister to form a special vigilance and implementation force of the transport department so that they could maintain check and balance.

Informing the house about three terminals of the Sindh Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) that have been encroached by the private persons, the minister said that Garden Road, Karachi terminal was occupied by private bus operators, Sukkur's Shikarpur Road terminal was encroached by private taxi operators whereas the terminal of Khairpur was also in the position of private taxi operators. 'Terminals were used by...