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Karachi: It feels like walking into a Barbie doll. There are pink scooters at the entrance, the aisle follows pink scooters, and many women in pink. If they don’t wear pink clothes, then they wear pink helmets. They are the lucky ones of about 200 free pink electric scooters issued by Pakistan BJP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari at a ceremony held on Thursday at the venue adjacent to the Double Laval House.
Pink is a color that is usually associated with softness and femininity. But on Thursday, pink becomes the color of empowerment and heroism when women go home or whatever else feel like they go to the electronic driver. To help them do so as soon as possible, there are also Sindh’s excise and tax officials to register and issue new license plates to every lucky scooter owner.
School teacher Maria Mazhar Ghori told dawn She has been trained in motorcycles at Bint-i-ahan, a women’s cycling and self-defense club, which is also organized by the Sindh government for women through a public-private partnership with KFC with the slogan “Empowering the Future.”
Urooj Answer also said she didn’t know how to ride a motorcycle earlier. “I discovered this plan through the ad.” After visiting the website mentioned in the ad and filling out the online form, I was waiting for the call I was eligible for training, which was not a long wait. ”
She added: “It really reminds me of the ads being just an eye form, and all scooters go to find some popular sister, daughter or wife. But I was wrong.”
A trainee chef Ayesha Mateen, who wore pink from head to head, said she learned how to ride a bike two years ago, but she didn’t have a bike herself. “I once chased my mother and gave me one, but it didn’t happen. I was so grateful to God that he replied that I could get this scooter through this government plan.”
Early childhood education teacher Umbreen Karim Mughal said she was equally happy with the new pink scooter and the new helmet. “It’s for our safety. I’ll always wear this helmet when riding,” she said. “Actually. I wish they gave us two matching helmets.”
Meanwhile, MBA student Javeria Khalid said she has experience riding many large and small motorcycles on various roads in Karachi. “I absolutely love my pink scooter,” she said. “But I’m only worried about the battery being stolen,” she said. The scooters are totally electric, not hybrid, which is great because they save fuel. She shrugged, “But the battery is portable and placed under the seat, which is easy to lift.”
Amid thunderous applause, some cool riders also entered the ceremony hall on their new scooter. One of them, Syeda Taskeen, said she once relied on her father to bring her to the place. “But when I can take him to the place on my pink scooter, my dad and I will change now,” she said.
PPP Chairman Bhutto-Zardari expressed appreciation during this period, saying it was a big day for the Sindh government and he was very smooth and he was pleased to see the transportation problems of women addressed through such schemes, which all include pink buses.
He said they will also introduce pink taxis soon. “No country can thrive without women’s participation, and their initiatives help provide mobility and empowerment to women’s employees.”
Mr. Bilawal has also promoted more public-private partnerships, just like the Pink Scootie program in other areas.
Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah made a speech during this time, remembering the late Benazir Bhutto, and the various women attributed to her. “She herself was the first female prime minister of the Islamic Republic, she established the Women’s Police Station, and now her vision was proposed by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and President Asif Ali Zardari, who launched the Benazir income support program,” he said, while referring to other PP initiatives as they provided other PP initiatives to souch as they would souch soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives soutiatives s
Sindh senior minister of information, transport and mass transport, Sharjeel Inam Memon said the pink scooter scheme was not only related to transfer, but also to empowering women. “They are also environmentally friendly scooters,” he noted.
“And they are more than machines, as they are the vision of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, President Asif Ali Zardari and other PPP leaders, including the Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Syed Murad Ali Shah, who fully supports such causes.
“PPP is synonymous with women’s empowerment,” he said. The CEO or KFC Raza Pirbhai is also a ghost.
Posted in Dawn on September 26, 2025
