Conventional cab drivers participate in the protest guaranteed that their wage is being predisposed since of the rising figure of private taxi service organizations and requisite the numbers of vehicles in the force of electronic administrations like Careem and Uber to be reduced.
The protestor involving 50 to 60 taxis supported by the Taxi Drivers Association, rebelled at Faizabad Interchange at 10 am, Sunday morning.
The opposition quickly became brutal at Rawal Chowk, when cab drivers packed down the windows of vehicles having a place with two private taxi organizations. Nevertheless, police force at the scene thwarted the demonstrators and saved the driver.
Comparable protests have been apprehended in diverse parts of the nation by customary taxi and rickshaw drivers who state that private taxi cab organizations have influenced their employment.
Preceding this year, Punjab’s Transport Authority announced that private taxi organizations, for example, Careem and Uber, were working with no enrolling the private autos with any administrative body and along these lines, must be banned.
Both Careem and Uber have commenced a number of services and made promises to offer reasonable prices. At the time of their launch, they attracted customers with charitable flat discounts. Now promo codes are offered occasionally. Both companies uphold that their per-kilometer charges are reasonable.
People who favor Careem and Uber say that taxi drivers don’t use the meter and overcharge them for the fare. furthermore, they sometimes choose more than one customer at the same time to get more money.
Rickshaw drivers, conversely argue that the smartphone app-based services are thieving their businesses and enticing people on false claims.
Careem is operating in six cities of Pakistan and Uber has been launched in three cities of Pakistan as well as Islamabad. Everyone knows that local taxi or cab drivers are charging too much that is the motive people are paying attention towards Careem and Uber.
