Pakistan: Sleeper Bus Owners Get Relief From High Court
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has temporarily barred authorities from taking disciplinary action against sleeper coach operators on motorways. Justice Mohammad Asif issued the interim order after sleeper coach operators challenged regulatory measures and traffic challans issued against their buses.
The court also suspended three directives issued by authorities on June 18, July 14 and September 4 until the next hearing. The order prevents authorities from initiating disciplinary proceedings against sleeper coach operators during this period.
The operators have challenged measures concerning sleeper coaches, arguing that the authorities acted unlawfully by withdrawing certain safety measures and issuing challans against their vehicles. They have asked the court to declare the measures and related actions without lawful authority.
The IHC has sought responses from the concerned authorities and directed them to submit detailed comments on the petition. The court will resume hearing the case in the last week of October.
Reference Link:- https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/18/sleeper-bus-owners-get-relief-from-high-court/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
