PM Imran Khan inaugurates two trains

–Mianwali Rail Car can pull 9 passenger coaches, Rawalpindi Express has total capacity of 685 passengers

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday inaugurated the Rawalpindi Express and Mianwali Rail Car.

According to a statement issued by the Pakistan Railways, “The Mianwali Rail Car consists of nine passenger coaches and the manufacturing cost of the rail car was Rs8.5 million.”

Furthermore, the statement said that Mianwali Rail Car will be operational from Friday as the train “will depart from Kundian for Rawalpindi at 7am and depart from Rawalpindi for Kundian at 6pm daily”.

Meanwhile, “Rawalpindi Express which has a total capacity of 685 passengers will be operational from September 15 and it will simultaneously leave from Lahore and Rawalpindi at 8pm on a daily basis.”

An online facility is also available for passengers to book their seats.

Earlier, PM Imran gave directions to the authorities concerned to reduce the Railways Ministry’s deficit and to push the department in a profitable trajectory.

Matters related to the department’s performance were discussed in a high-level meeting chaired by the PM.

Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed and other senior officers also attended the meeting.

The PM was reportedly given a detailed briefing pertaining to the department’s fiscal deficit, proposed projects and proposed tools to decrease the deficit.

PM Khan noted that a common man used trains to commute and so they should be upgraded.

On the other hand, Minister Rasheed announced that he will reduce the department’s debt by December 30.

He had told media persons, “The task given to me by PM Imran Khan regarding railways will be completed.”

“WiFi will be provided as well as functional fans and lights,” he added.

He also said that the department’s managers will attempt to reduce ticket prices instead of increasing them.

“We will erase the Rs42 million deficit that railways are in and will make gauges from Quetta to Taftan by December 30,” he vowed.

Rasheed asserted, “I have zero tolerance for corruption.”