India, Aug. 11 -- Maryam Nawaz, chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab, has launched what she hailed as South Asia's "first-ever trackless tram". Internet users, however, were less than impressed, with many pointing out that a trackless tram is basically a bus.

According to a report in Dhaka Tribune, Pakistan's first fully electric, trackless tram - the Super Autonomous Rapid Transit (Sart) system - was launched on Tuesday. Maryam Nawaz boarded the zero-emission vehicle for its inaugural ride.

However, a video of Nawaz launching the trackless tram became the object of mockery online. "Ladies and gentlemen, South Asia's first ever Track-less tram soon starting its service in Lahore, Punjab under Maryam Nawaz," read the caption of the video....