The much-awaited Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT), Pakistan’s first metro line, had its first trial run near its depot yesterday in Lahore.
Khawaja Ahmad Hassan, the advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab, has announced that four more train sets have reached Lahore.
The multi-billion rupee project has a 12 km long track that extends from Dera Gujran to Lakshmi Chowk and according to government officials, the project will be completed by next week.
The Chief Minister of Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif, tweeted the news about the first successful trial of the metro train.
Successful trail run of orange line metro train today in Lahore… Allah be praised! pic.twitter.com/nOGAdkRbAU
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) February 26, 2018
His tweet was followed by some pretty hilarious responses:
Lagdi Lahore di aa Jis hisaab naal chaldi aa… O Lagdi Shahbaz di aa ???
— Sultan Majoka (@sultan_majoka) February 26, 2018
There was an ongoing debate on why the train is red…..guess they can’t see the orange line.
When you are colour blind and name a red train as orange line pic.twitter.com/Zbr39Kdzt7
— Doc. (@drhouse00) February 27, 2018
People were coming up with a lot of nicknames for our Chief Minister
Punjab speedsharif u can do everything masha Allah
— Abdur Raziq Mohmand (@m_abdurraziq) February 26, 2018
And also some pretty funny jokes…..
وہ پوچھنا یہ تھا آگ لگاتے وقت ڈیپارٹمنٹ کا کوئی بندہ وہاں موجود نہیں تھا کیا۔۔۔۔؟ pic.twitter.com/bQ22SeOexP
— آصف علی یوسفانی ?? (@AsifYousfani110) February 26, 2018
Don’t know if we should laugh or cry at this reaction
Ab train Ki ticket b free kro ,Q k berozgar log kyA train my Mango leny jye gy?
— Laban Shinda (@shinda_laban) February 26, 2018
People were sarcastic AF
hayyyyy yuppyyyyyyyy. now people of Lahore will get all the basic facilities of health, education and clean drinking water in this train. Congratulations everybody.
— Aamir Alauddin (@AamirAlauddin70) February 26, 2018
And most people were just correcting Shebaz Sharif’s grammar
trail or trial? 🙂 Congrats either way…
— Ordinary Pakistani (@PakHacktivist) February 26, 2018
What do you guys think about the new Orange Line Metro Train?
cover image source: Metro Bus System/ Facebook