Tag: Railway

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have agreed in principle to constitute a consortium for seeking a soft-term loan from some international company for laying a railway track between the two countries, an official said.
Talking to APP, he said a six-member committee comprising equal number of experts from both China and Pakistan has already been constituted to move forward in this regard.
He said that China has already prepared a feasibility report of laying a railway track in

OKARA: Electric copper wire was stolen from Khanewal-Lahore section allegedly in connivance with the railway staff. The cases had been registered with the police stations of Okara, Sahiwal, Khanewal and Raiwind but the wire has not been recovered yet. Railway spokesman denied the involvement of the railway staff.
From the last many years, a mafia has existed within the system which has succeeded to discontinue running of trains on diesel instead of electrically and the electric

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has accepted the Spanish government's offer to sell its refurbished railway engines and an agreement is to be signed after railway officials of both countries conduct mutual visits.
Sources at the Ministry of Railways said that the Spanish ambassador, during his meeting with Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, pledged Spain's assistance in the restoration of Pakistan railways.
He also offered to provide used railway engines to support railway system