The private company operating the Lahore Metro Bus Service on the 27-kilometer Gajjumata-Shahdara route has announced that it will suspend operations from August 11 after failing to resolve a dispute with the Punjab Mass Transit Authority (PMA) over rising fuel costs and other financial issues. The company cited a July 29 court order directing the PMA to provide fuel from its own sources. A senior company official said rising diesel prices had significantly increased operating costs. A senior PMA official confirmed the dispute and said the authority had challenged the court order. He said the authority had arranged some buses from outside the existing system to keep the service running if the company stops operations on August 11.