Paxi Cab Service
By FT Correspondent
Considering the space afforded to women in public transport, the the first women-exclusive taxi — “for women and by women” was initiated by Paxi Pakistan Company that kicked off this March.
Although Careem launched seven female captains for its cabs, problems here persisted. Women everywhere are vulnerable but in our society specially they face a lot of issues during transport thanks to the unfriendly environment in buses or any other form of public transport.
According to Sheikh Mohammad Zahid, Paxi Pakistan’s CEO, their drivers are housewives, young women, students, too. Asked if the women required commercial licences to drive the cabs, the CEO said that was only needed for driving heavy vehicles. But they do train them and even provide them with first aid training.The service can be accessed through four modes such as hailing a cab on the road, the phone app, call centre and SMS service.
Other than the women-exclusive service, Paxi is also going to launch a motorbike taxi for single commuters who don’t have to be female and a normal cab service on the lines of Uber and Careem that anyone can access.
