Business Desk 
Sep 27, 2025
In a significant development to ease urban congestion and reduce pollution, the government of Punjab plans to introduce a state-of-the-art public transport system by mid-October by deploying 80 electric buses in Rawalpindi.
Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner Hassan Waqar Cheema stated that the buses will travel 86 kilometres on 10 newly assigned routes.
Residents of the twin cities will be able to travel easily, thanks to the integration of this new transport system with Islamabad's transport network.
A new bus depot that can hold up to 100 buses is presently being built on 28 kanals of land along Peshawar Road.
The construction of urban bus depots and related infrastructure is a component of Punjab's Annual Development Programme 2025–2026. The electric bus service intends to give underprivileged areas that aren't currently served by the Metro Bus system access to contemporary transport options.
The following are the ten routes that the electric buses are allowed to use:
- Route 1 from Railway Station to Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench
- Route 2 from Koral Chowk to Fawara Chowk
- Route 3 from Umar Baig Chowk to Mandi Mor
- Route 4 from Munawar Colony to Saddar
- Route 5 from Marrir Chowk to Motorway Mor
- Route 6 from Faizabad to Tramri Chowk
- Route 7 from IJP Metro Station to Kuri Road
- Route 8 from Saddar to Lalarukh Colony
- Route 9 from Umair Baig Road to Qadeemi Imambargah Mohallah
- Route 10 will be a loop service from Saddar to Saddar.
According to officials, the project will assist in modernising the city's transport system, lowering emissions in the cantonment and garrison city areas, and decreasing dependency on private vehicles.
In order to provide the people of Rawalpindi with a more sustainable and effective public transport system, the Punjab government is implementing electric buses.
