Tag: Pakistan Railways
Bilour denies privatization, downsizing of PR
Federal Minister for Pakistan Railways (PR) Ghulam Ahmed Bilour has denied the reports regarding downsizing and privatization of PR.
Talking to INP news agency here...
People want PR to keep it rollin’ on time!
Despite claims of Federal Minister for Railways and assurances of the federal government, railway travel still remains troublesome for passengers because of the constant...
‘Pakistan Railways neglecting freight service for half-century’
Pakistan Railways needs to focus on its freight train service to minimise losses, despite introducing private business trains at the cost of other passenger...
Copper wires of 14 PR locomotives stolen from Lahore loco shed
In yet another blow to Pakistan Railways which is undergoing extreme financial crisis, copper wires of 14 locomotives worth millions of rupees were stolen...
SC dissatisfied over NAB report on railways
The Supreme Court (SC) expressed its dissatisfaction over the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) report detailing Pakistan Railways (PR) corruption, a private TV channel reported...
‘Pak Business Express conspiracy of Pakistan Railways’
Private railway operators are allegedly violating their contract with Pakistan Railways by overcharging passengers of the private train.
As the private train named Pak...
Delay in engine procurement causing losses
While Pakistan Railways is facing acute shortage of locomotives, which has stalled the freight sector and resulted in suspension of main line passenger train...
Two freight trains to be run to Amritsar
Pakistan Railways (PR) Rawalpindi Division on Tuesday announced it will run 2 freight trains to India and the PR management had approved the project....
Railways has had its run
The honourable Supreme Court has ordered to purchase diesel from petrol pumps for railway engines to run the trains if Pakistan Railways is unable...
Ticket sales of first private train start
Sale of tickets for Pakistan’s first ever train in private sector started on Saturday, when Pakistan Railways (PR) Chairman Muhammad Arif Azeem, booked a...
Railways on the verge of collapse, committee told
The Pakistan Railways (PR) will have to end its operations and become a chapter of history if the government fails to curtail the losses...
CCI decision to allow Railways to sell surplus land still pending
As the Pakistan Railways (PR) sinks deeper into a financial crisis, the government looks uninterested in implementing a 14-year-old decision by the Council of...
PR to dualize railway tracks
Pakistan Railway (PR) has decided to dualize railway tracks all over the country.
According to sources, work on the first phase of the project...
President takes notice of Railways pensioner’s death
President Asif Ali Zardari has taken serious notice of the death of a Railways pensioner and the long queues of pensioners at the National...
Railways on track, but education derailed
Despite declaring 2011 the ‘Year of Education’ in its annual education policy, the federal government does not have a single paisa to pay to...
Pakistan Railways awaits land cost
The government’s seriousness in resolving obstinate financial crunch of Pakistan Railways (PR) can easily be gauged from the fact that despite the passage of...
