Ride apps for small towns and villages in Pakistan
Booking rides · Published · 2 min read
Ride apps in Pakistan grew up in the big cities, and most of them still treat everywhere else as an afterthought. Yet most Pakistanis live in towns and villages, where getting door to door without your own transport is hardest of all.
What big-city apps get wrong in a town
- Addresses: village houses do not have street numbers, and map searches do not know local names.
- Payment: many people outside the cities do not use cards or wallets.
- Vehicles: a ChingChi or a family van is often more useful than a city car.
- Drivers: there are simply too few of them registered outside the cities.
How JaldiGO handles it
JaldiGO started in Kharian, a town, not a city. Its place search knows local landmarks by the names people say, in English and Roman Urdu, and anyone can drop a pin on their exact gate. Fares are fixed before booking and paid in cash. Bikes, ChingChis, cars and family vans all appear on one screen, and drivers are local people verified by hand.
The app was designed and built by Teebtek, a Pakistani software company, with these problems in mind from the first version. The story is in how JaldiGO was built.
Towns where JaldiGO is busiest
Kharian, Gujrat, Jhelum, Lalamusa, Dinga, Sarai Alamgir and Bhimber, with the villages between them. JaldiGO works across Pakistan, and every driver who signs up in a new town makes rides there faster. If you have a vehicle, see how to become a driver.
Book your first ride
Install JaldiGO free on Google Play, set your pickup and drop, and see the fixed fare before you book.
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