Overview
- Payments, which began Saturday, are moving through digital wallets to bus, wagon and truck owners after the prime minister ordered an early release.
- The federal package sets monthly support at Rs100,000 for passenger buses, Rs40,000 for minibuses and wagons, Rs70,000 for trucks, Rs80,000 for heavy freight and Rs35,000 for delivery vans, with Rs2,000 for registered motorcyclists and Rs1,500 per acre for small farmers.
- Sindh secured a province-wide fare freeze at February 28 rates, tied subsidies to undertakings from transporters, and rolled out Rs2,000 for each registered motorcycle owner in April with app-based verification and extended excise office hours.
- Punjab made public transport free for one month across systems like Metro and Orange Line, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa launched the Ehsaas Fuel Support Programme to give Rs2,000 to motorcycle, scooter and rickshaw owners through the Dastak app.
- The prime minister urged provinces to pay their share for the national package, noting Balochistan has contributed, and said total relief has reached Rs129 billion with officials reporting adequate fuel stocks.