Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on recognition of BRT Peshawar as a Gold Standard BRT service by the International Technical Standard Committee.
Taking it to Twitter on Friday, he said Peshawar BRT scored 97 out of one hundred which means it is consistent in almost all respects with international best practices.
He said Peshawar BRT has revolutionised public transport system in the city and since the start of its operations in Aug 2020 more than 71 million people have travelled in it.
The Prime Minister said over 250,000 commuter’s use BRT on daily basis out of which twenty percent are women and sixty percent are from low-income groups.