PESHAWAR: TransPeshawar – the Urban Mobility Company – that is to run theBus Rapid Transit in Peshawar, on Saturday witnessed another crisis asProject Chairman Javed Iqbal tendered resignation.
The much-delayed project—being considered as crown jewel of PervezKhattak-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) government—is slated to be launched onMay-20.
As per details garnered, the events unfolded bitterly following removal ofchief executive officer of the company by KPK CM Pervez Khattak. Toregister protest against CM’s decision, the chairman of board of directors,chief financial officer and general manager operations and marketdevelopment also tendered their resignations on Friday.
The Asian Development Bank-funded BRT was launched in Oct last.
In the onset, the KPK government announced to complete the ambitiousproject in span of six months. But proceedings didn’t go smoothly owing toincessant changes in design and technical glitches ensuing delay in theproject.