Tag: Pakistan Railways
Train drivers call for improving rail track and signal system
-Shams Pervaiz says Mianwali express launched only to please PM Imran even though there was less passenger traffic on that section
Drivers and assistant drivers...
Inadequate CBIS causing trains delay, NA body told
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Aftab Akbar Monday informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Railways that the trains across the country were...
Passengers face trouble as trains continue to run late
KARACHI: Passengers continue to face trouble due to prolonged delays of trains.
According to details, Lahore and Quetta-bound trains are arriving late from Karachi.
Karakoram Express...
Connectivity via rail to bring development in region, says Sheikh Rasheed
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed has said Pakistan Railways is ensuring steps that will connect the region and would help the development projects...
Pakistan Railways to run five special trains on Eid
LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways on Tuesday announced to run five special trains on the festive occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
The Chief Executive Officer Pakistan Railways has...
Pakistan Railways all set to launch Jinnah Express on March 30
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is all set to launch a non-stop and the most luxurious train namely Jinnah Express from Lahore to Karachi on March...
Sheikh Rasheed claims to be PAC member
LAHORE: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Saturday claimed he is a member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and that a notification regarding...
Feasibility of Lai Expressway to be finalised by March: Rasheed
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said on Friday that the feasibility of the Lai Expressway would be finalised by March this year.
Speaking after inaugurating...
Rasheed eyes Guinness World Record by spending entire month on train
--Railways minister says PR capable enough to 'launch its own missile'
Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has announced to set a Guinness World Record...
Top court pulls the chain on railway land deals
--Pakistan Railways allowed to lease land for a maximum period of five years, barred from selling it
--CJP says apex court will hear Royal Palm...
NAB files new inquiry against Saad Rafique
Former railways minister and MNA Khawaja Saad Rafique is facing a new embezzlement probe at the hands of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) regarding...
SC directs courts to dispose of Pakistan Railways cases
LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday ordered all high courts and subordinate courts to decide the cases related to Pakistan Railways within the next...
No lease, housing societies on Railways’ land, rules SC
LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ruled that land of Pakistan Railways will not be used for the establishment of housing societies or issued on lease...
Sheikh Rashid fears financial indiscipline with Shehbaz as PAC chairman
LAHORE: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Saturday expressed apprehension on the appointment of Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif as Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman,...
Saad Rafique presented in SC in railway losses case
ISLAMABAD: Former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique was presented in the Supreme Court (SC) by accountability officials on Thursday as it heard a suo motu case...
Ruinous Tomb of Ali Mardan awaits authorities’ attention
--One of the most important monuments on GT Road being used as resting spot by Railways' workers
--Tomb's once lush green gardens covered in waist-high...
Railways recovers nominal amount from total lease money
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways had given its land on 33 points between 2003 and 2018 on 33 years on lease for the establishment of fuel...
