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LAHORE

The Lahore High Court on Friday stopped the Punjab government from taking any "adverse or illegal" action against ride sharing A-One taxi service.

Justice Shahid Waheed issued notices to respondents, including Punjab Transport Authority and Chief Traffic Officer, Lahore for their reply by February 20, the next date of hearing. The court issued this order on a petition of Muhammad Rafique Shehzad.

The petitioner, through his counsel Malik Saleem Iqbal Awan, submitted that he was running a cab operating company with name A-1 Cars. He said through this service, he was facilitating citizens according to the standard of above and international level cab service. He said 800 people daily use and hire cabs of his service for their peaceful, painless and luxury travelling against meagre fare charges.

He said he was regulated and licenced by mayor of London for this business. He said he also made undertaking that they were ready to meet with all legal requirements for getting licence to operate cab service to operate private hire vehicles in Lahore but the government refused his offer saying that there was no codified law to regulate this service.

He said instead of taking legal action to regulate this service, the Punjab provincial transport authority on January 27, 2017 issued a letter for imitating legal action declaring his car service illegal.

He said unlike, Careem and Uber, he is ready to regulate his services; therefore, he said, his services should not be treated on the same pedestal. He said the letter of transport authority declaring A-1 Cars was illegal and unconstitutional. He said without any codified law, notice, warning or any show cause, business of cab service of the petitioner was declared illegal. He said keeping in view public interest and welfare, consistent with provisions of Article 8 of the Constitution, the petitioner should have been given fair opportunity to conduct his business freely, with a provision of better facilities of travel to the passengers in a dignified manner through reliable service. He requested the court to declare the order of the Punjab Transport Authority against his car service illegal. He also requested the court to direct the respondents to issue licence to A-1 Cars for providing cab service to operate private hire vehicles like UK under codified laws. He also requested the court that until the decision of the petition, the respondents should be directed not to take any adverse and illegal action.

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Isn't Lahore in Pakistan?

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Grandad,

it took 14 views before someone spotted the deliberate mistake

got you to read the story anyway

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

and another province

KARACHI: A day after the Punjab government declared the services of mobile-application taxi service providers Careem, Uber and A-One as illegal, the Sindh government on Tuesday also sought legal action against these companies.

The Sindh government has declared the use of private cars as taxis without the mandatory legal permits as “illegal” and has contacted PTA as it seeks to block Careem’s mobile app.

Transport Secretary Taha Farooqui said in a statement that he wrote five letters to Careem management as a warning but received no reply.

The provincial government has also initiated action against Uber to bring the app within ‘official compliance’.

According to the Transport Secretary, private cars would need to be made commercial in order to be used as taxis.

Owners of the cars would be required to obtain fitness certificates for the cars. Route permits would be needed before the cars can be used as taxis, he added.

Also Read: After Punjab, Sindh govt also seeks legal action against Uber, Careem

'Existing transport infrastructure not a better option'

Sindh Transport Minister Nasir Shah told Geo News that in Sindh, Uber and Careem had not been banned, adding that they had only been sent notices to comply with route permit and excise and taxation department challans. These challans, he said, need to be paid along with certain requirements they need to fulfill in order for private vehicles to be used for providing commercial transport services.

When asked why the government had suddenly sprung into action against the two companies when the existing transport infrastructure in the province and Karachi was in a dire state, Shah acknowledged that the state of existing transport in the metropolis was not a better option compared to the options provided by Careem and Uber.

When asked whether the existing transport options had fitness certificates and complied with the route regulations and legal requirements, Shah reiterated that he agreed that the existing transport infrastructure was not a better option compared to Uber and Careem.

However, he stressed that unlike Punjab, the services had not been banned and only compliance notices had been sent to the companies.

Punjab govt declares Uber, Careem 'illegal'

The Punjab government on Monday declared the services of Careem and Uber 'illegal'.

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

who fooking cares about some half bit country at the other side of the world man ffs, this is the uk , ffs this site needs new admin jesus wept

Variety is the spice of life what's wrong with seeing a different side of the ufail saga

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

tedious this now mate