Tag: Railways

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Railways chairman to submit a comprehensive reply over the non-transparent procedure for the procurement of 75 locomotives and the subsequent tender for another 150 locomotives by the Railways Ministry, causing Rs 40 billion losses to the national exchequer.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman, also sought the record of

LAHORE - Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court Tuesday directed Pakistan Railways authorities to pay by February 14 salaries of its legal advisers, outstanding for the last month. On the petition of advocate, Arshad Virk, the court warned the Railyways high ups against holding back salaries of grade 17 to Grade 22 officers upon paying the respondents on the said date.
An executive officer of the department assured the court of paying the legal advisers by that said

LAHORE - Atta Hussain Butt was appointed the sports officer of Pakistan Railways Sports Board here on Monday. The Railways general manager took the decision in wake of the recent poor showing of the departments' athletes in the 31st National Games held at Peshawar.
Atta will replace Rashid Mahmood Butt, whose posting has been put on hold for further orders. Atta was working in the accounts department of Railways and has been organising one of the martial arts teams of Railways.

ISLAMABAD - Hearing a petition against the Railways land scam, allegedly worth more than Rs 25 billion, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the remaining respondents to furnish their replies within three days.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday said its short order that "as far as the remaining respondents who have not submitted replies are concerned, ordinarily the

KARACHI/LAHORE - Pakistan Railways (PR) on Saturday announced an increase of up to 30 percent in fares to meet its financial crisis. A notification issued on Saturday said the railways, which owes over Rs 991 million to PSO, had announced the increase to at least meet day to day expenditures of the organisation.
The rail fares were raised by 10 to 30 percent to generate funds to meet its operational expenses, they added. Meanwhile, the NA's Standing Committee on Railways

ISLAMABAD - Quashing rumours, State Minister for Railways Mohammad Afzal Sindhu on Wednesday said no plans to privatise Pakistan Railways were under consideration and the railway is still the 'cheapest and safest' mode of travel in the country. Responding to different queries put forth by lawmakers during the Question Hour, Sindhu said Pakistan Railways had workshops for maintenance of faulty engines and coaches.
He said the Ministry of Railways signed two loan agreements with

LAHORE - Pakistan Railways, which was once a major nursery of sports in the country, is now lagging behind as a players' exodus is seriously affecting its standing at the national level.
In the recent 31st National Games held at Peshawar, Army took the lead while WAPDA followed them but Railways remained nearly at the bottom.
Railways won just four gold medals and it is the only department after Army which has a wide range of sporting facilities available at all the major

KARACHI - The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has announced the restoration of oil supply to Pakistan Railways (PR) which, on Thursday, had only one day's oil reserve to operate the passenger trains service.
Sources said PSO stopped oil supply to PR, which owes the oil marketing company almost Rs 750 million, due to non-payment of the dues. The cash-strapped railways started crying for shortage of fuel after the stoppage of supply from PSO which, after the intervention of senior

ISLAMABAD: The 2009-10 audit report of Pakistan Railways clearly indicates that the present day severe financial crunch of the organisation was due to persistent pilferage, misappropriation of funds and habitual apathy of railways' high-ups to check wastage of public money.
Pakistan Railways (PR) is facing a financial deficit of around Rs 40 billion and has so far closed down thirteen passenger trains to address fiscal constraints, but the Auditor-General of Pakistan's 217-page

ISLAMABAD: To put the Pakistan Railways on the right track, the federal finance secretary on Friday proposed the government to privatise the organisation, saying the move would cure all its financial and administrative woes.
Finance Secretary Salman Siddique proposed the privatisation of Pakistan Railways due to the government's financial constraints as well as Pakistan Railways' poor performance for the last several years. He said the Finance Division was unable to provide more