Sindh govt to distribute ‘pink scooters’ this week | The Express Tribune
The Government of Sindh has announced free electric scooters for women under the “Pink Scooters Program” will start this week. The program is specifically designed for women who rely on public transport for education, employment, or other essential needs. The Sindh Mass Transit Authority is compiling the records of women and female students applying, and…
The Government of Sindh has announced free electric scooters for women under the “Pink Scooters Program” will start this week.
The program is specifically designed for women who rely on public transport for education, employment, or other essential needs. The Sindh Mass Transit Authority is compiling the records of women and female students applying, and scooters will be allotted based on merit and need.
Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon statedthat the Sindh government is taking a revolutionary step by providing this facility to women and female students, making their daily commute easier. “This scheme will not only save time and expenses but also provide women with safe and dignified travel.”
The minister further said that the government has devised a transparent and simple mechanism to ensure maximum participation of women in this initiative. The Sindh government aims to empower women in every sphere of life, and this scheme will prove to be a positive step in that direction.
He advised female students and working women to take full advantage of this facility so they can actively participate in education, employment, and other activities
Sindh government launched the Pink EV Scooty Scheme to distribute free electric scooters to women across the province in April of this year.
Led by the Transport and Mass Transit Department and implemented by the Sindh Mass Transit Authority, the initiative aimed to improve mobility and promote independence for female students and working professionals.
Eligible applicants must be permanent residents of Sindh, hold a valid driving license, and be either enrolled in an educational institution or employed. Beneficiaries must also agree not to sell or sublet the scootyfor a minimum of seven years.
In February, the Sindh government had announced a scheme to award free “pink scooters” to women through a lottery system, aimed at empowering female commuters in Sindh. The initiative follows the provincial government’s launch of the ‘Pink Bus’ service in 2023, dedicated to female passengers.
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China’s former defence attache in South Asia Cheng Xizhong on Sunday spurned India’s much-delayed claim that it had shot down six Pakistani aircraft during the May conflict, terming it “self-amusement”.
Having faced international coverage of its own craft being downed by Pakistan and scathing criticism from the opposition, India’s Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh — three months after the conflict — claimed yesterday that his country had shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and one other military aircraft during those clashes.
While Pakistan had already denied that India downed any of its aircraft, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif swiftly rubbished Singh’s “belated assertions” yesterday.
Commenting on the matter today, Cheng said India’s allegations lacked strong evidence and have been “widely questioned by the international community, being considered groundless”, the Associated Press of Pakistanreported.
Singh’s remarks were “comical, implausible and unconvincing”. “We may call it self-amusement,” he said in a statement.
Pakistan said it downed six Indian planes during the conflict. India’s highest-ranking general has also acknowledged that its forces suffered losses in the air, but denied losing six aircraft.
“The Indian side has not presented any evidence, such as photos of the wreckage of the fighter jets, radar monitoring data, etc, while the Pakistani side had previously presented a large amount of relevant evidence of shooting down the Indian fighter jets,” Cheng noted.
The defence expert believed that everything should be based on sufficient evidence.
He highlighted that now, more than three months have passed since the India-Pakistan clash. New Delhi has never produced any evidence to prove that it had shot down Pakistani fighter jets, Cheng highlighted.
“In contrast, the Pakistan side immediately provided a detailed technical report to international media after the clash ended,” he added.
The Chinese expert also cited “confirmations from world leaders, senior Indian politicians, and foreign intelligence assessments that India suffered heavy losses of multiple aircraft”.
“It is thus evident that no Pakistani fighter jet was hit or destroyed by the Indian side. On the contrary, the Pakistani side shot down six Indian fighter jets and destroyed S-400 air defence positions, among other achievements, which is an indisputable fact,” he added.
Professor Cheng is currently a senior research fellow at the Chinese think tank Charhar Institute and has also served as a former United Nations senior military observer, according to CGTN.
In his claims yesterday, the Indian Air Force (IAF) chief did not mention the type of Pakistan’s fighter jets that he insisted were taken down.
Asif, responding to Singh, stated that “not a single Pakistani aircraft was hit or destroyed” by India. He declared that Pakistan took out six Indian jets, S-400 air defence batteries and unmanned aircraft of India while “swiftly putting several Indian airbases out of action”.
Former envoy to the United States Dr Maleeha Lodhi also termed Singh’s claim “laughable”, quipping that it took him “several months to count the planes to make this ridiculous assertion!”
Criticism also echoed from within India. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera cast his doubts, saying: “The question we have after today’s information … when we had such a strong army and we were advancing, then under whose pressure did you stop Operation Sindoor?”
New Delhi had previously claimed it had downed “a few planes”, refusing to go into the specifics of it. US President Donald Trump has echoed the figure of “five jets” shot down during the military confrontation, albeit without specifying which side’s craft he was referring to.
India’s loss of jets affirmed globally
France’s air chief, General Jerome Bellanger, has previously said that he has seen evidence of the loss of three Indian fighters, including a Rafale. The IAF has not commented on those claims.
Days after the air combat, The Washington Post, based on visual evidence analysed by experts, reported that at least two French-made Indian fighter aircraft were shot down by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).
India’s defence attache to Indonesia, Indian Navy Captain Shiv Kumar, acknowledged in June that the PAF downed Indian fighters, according to The Wire.
India’s intelligence failure was central to the hour-long air battle with Pakistan, which led to the downing of Rafale aircraft by the PAF’s J-10 fighters using PL-15 missiles, according to a Reutersreport.
In a press briefing two days after the May 7 air combat, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Aurangzeb Ahmed, the deputy chief of operations of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), shared the locations where five Indian jets were downed — four along the Line of Control and one near Bathinda in northwest India. He also disclosed that one of the Indian jets was downed by Pakistani air defence systems.
According to a Dawnreport, which cited PAF officials, India’s three Rafales, one Su-30MKI and one MiG-29 were downed within a 40-minute span. Not a single Pakistani jet crossed the border or engaged in close combat.
Describing the engagement as a textbook case of modern aerial warfare, AVM Aurangzeb had said Pakistan had tracked over 70 Indian aircraft — including 14 Rafales — using its Electromagnetic Operational Environment and responded with a concentrated and pre-planned defensive counter-air strategy.
“Our side deployed 42 high-tech aircraft,” the PAF officer said. He noted that while India remained on its side of the border and launched air-to-ground weapons, Pakistani defences detected and engaged the threats instantly.
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