Shocking Viral Video: Lahore Bus Conductor Pushes Woman Off Bus Twice, Gets Sacked as CM Maryam Nawaz Orders Arrest and Public Apology

Faisal Movers fires conductor deployed at BRT Lahore after public outrage. The Punjab Transport Minister apologises, saying “No one has the right to humiliate another person”

Lahore, The Gulf Observer: A private transport company sacked a bus conductor on Friday after a video of him pushing a woman off a bus at a terminal in Lahore went viral, sparking public anger and drawing a swift response from the Punjab government.

Video Sparks Nationwide Outrage

Passersby recorded the incident and shared it on social media, where it quickly drew public outrage and a reaction from the government. The video shows the woman trying to board the bus when the conductor pushes her. She tries again to get on, and the conductor pushes her off the vehicle a second time. This time she falls onto a parked motorcycle.

Social media users condemned the conductor’s behaviour and demanded action against him and against the transport company, Faisal Movers Group.

Conductor Sacked: Punjab Transport Minister Apologises

Taking notice of the incident, Punjab Minister for Transport and Mass Transit Bilal Akbar Khan said the transport company had sacked the conductor.

“Thank you for bringing this to our attention. This is a serious injustice. The conductor has been dismissed from his job. The Transport Department condemns the conductor’s inappropriate behaviour and apologises for it. No one has the right to humiliate another person,” the minister said in a post on X.

With the post, he shared a termination letter that Faisal Movers Group’s human resources department issued on 13 November. According to the letter, the company terminated the services of Ali Rizwan, an employee deployed at BRT Lahore, with immediate effect on disciplinary grounds.

CM Maryam Nawaz: “Dismissal Is Not Enough”

Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz also took notice of the incident, saying dismissal from service was not enough. She directed the police to take further action against the conductor.

“He [conductor] was not employed to push members of the public around. He should be apprehended, taken to the woman’s home and made to apologise publicly,” she said in a post on X.

She added that because the incident took place in Lahore, directives had been issued to DIG Faisal Kamran for further action.

A Strong Message on Public Dignity

The swift action by the company, the transport department and the Chief Minister has been widely shared online as a strong message that mistreating passengers, and women in particular, will not be tolerated on Punjab’s public transport.