Transporters hike inter-city bus fares after fuel prices.

LAHORE -- Transporters have hiked inter-city fares of the passenger buses after an unprecedented hike of Rs84 in fuel prices during the past 15 days, media reported.

According to details, the fares of the passenger buses from Lahore have been hiked by Rs400 to Rs500.

The fare for Rawalpindi has been jacked up from Rs2000 to Rs2250, Faisalabad from Rs1050 to Rs1250, Sargodha Rs950 to Rs1100 and Peshawar Rs2300 to Rs2500.

For Murree, the fare has been hiked from Rs2300 to Rs2450 while those travelling to Karachi will now be charged Rs4800 as compared to Rs4300 previously. For Khanewal, the bus fare will be Rs1650 and for Sadiqabad, it has been jacked up to Rs2700.

The passengers have lamented the hike from the transporters saying that it is the consumer that will have to suffer from the increase in fuel prices as the government has once again...