Transport Mafia * Pakistan - Fleecing customers as authorities turn a blind eye

Transporters plying both air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned buses on the Karachi-Hyderabad route are overcharging commuters, especially on weekends, as the authorities continue to turn a blind eye to this issue

Karachi,Pakistan -The News -Sept 10, 2007: -- ... According to details, commuters traveling between Karachi and Hyderabad have to suffer undue financial burden, as transporters extort about 30 to 70 per cent extra fare from them... It is said that the concerned authorities in the transport department are well-aware of this issue, but they preferred not to intervene due to reasons best know to them...