Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui says twenty Pink Buses have been allocated to provide free of cost pick and drop facilities to female students, working women, and female teachers in Islamabad. Responding to a question during Question Hour in the National Assembly today, he said the initiative of Pink Buses has been taken to avoid drop-outs of girl students. The Minister further said at present there are 311 operational buses to provide fetch and drop facility to the students of the federal capital. The parliamentary reporters staged a walk-out from the press galleries of both the Houses against the inappropriate language used by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur against journalists and women. Later, the journalists returned to the press galleries on the unconditional apology rendered by PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan. However, speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, PML-N leader Tariq Fazal Chaudhry quoted journalists as saying th at the apology should come from the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Source: Radio Pakistan