Business Desk 
Sep 18, 2025
Since Pakistan's public transport sector has been in a vulnerable state for years—an acute deficit of buses and rickshaws coupled with poor road infrastructure—a new SWVL-like service called Buscaro has stepped in to address these issues.
Founded by Maha Shahzad, Buscaro has gradually grown into one of the country's largest mass transit platforms and now processes over 900,000 bookings per month.
The public transport platform comes as a sound alternative to costly ride-hailing apps, positioning itself as a reliable option for commuters fed up with the crammed and chaotic local bus travel.
Buscaro has employed a tech-driven model to provide safe, structured, and affordable rides for students and employees. It has dedicated routes to schools and companies.
The sophisticated technology at play here offers live tracking, financial transparency, and many of the features that commuters mostly seek in efficient ride-hailing services like Buscaro.
Securing £1.5 million in fresh funding and rapidly scaling across Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi, Buscaro seems to be a fix for Pakistan's transport crisis. For millions of commuters, it offers the reliable, safe, and affordable travel solution they have long been missing.
As the public transport system in Pakistan's major cities has left people in frustration and unheard, Buscaro stands as an affordable daily commuting platform.
