Pakistan, Aug. 31 -- The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has purchased 50 additional diesel-hybrid buses for the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system at a cost of Rs2.139 billion, bringing good news for BRT passengers.

According to TransPeshawar on Sunday, 27 of the newly purchased buses will arrive in Peshawar in the next phase, while two buses have been provided by the company as a gift.

With the arrival of new buses, the number of buses available for the BRT service has increased from 244 to 269. Once all the newly purchased buses reach Peshawar, the total fleet is expected to rise to 296 buses.

TransPeshawar also said that five of the existing BRT buses will be allocated for women. Details regarding the routes of these pink buses ...