Tag: Railways

Making Rs 6,122m from land lease, PR still couldn’t keep 34...

Pakistan Railways closed down operations of 34 trains in last four years and leased 10157.52 acres of land. Sources in PR told that 129...

PR losses soar to Rs 110 million per month

Pakistan Railways (PR) runs a loss amounting to Rs 100 million every month despite instituting a five percent raise in passenger fares, sources in...

Passengers go mad at Railways over engine failure

Dozens of angry passengers protested against the engine failure of Pakistan Express train here in the wee hours of Tuesday, damaging Railways’ offices and...

Railways runs three Eid special trains

The Pakistan Railways (PR) on Saturday announced to run three Eid special trains. Two trains will be operated from Karachi while one from Peshawar. The first...

PR undecided about special trains on Eid-ul-Fitr

Pakistan Railways (PR) has failed to finalize a program to run special trains on Eid-ul-Fitr due to shortage of engines, bogies and fuel. In...

Railways on track?

Several steps are being taken to overcome present crisis-like situation being faced by Pakistan Railways,a source in Ministry of Railways told APP on Friday. The...

Judges are paid govt servants: Ahmad Bilour

Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour on Tuesday said judges were paid servants of the government and they could not make or amend the...

Pakistan Railways to stop Awami Express, Tez Gam

Owing to a shortage of locomotives and paucity of funds, Pakistan Railways has decided to stop the service of two of its passenger trains....

Pakistan Railways to stop Awami Express, Tez Gam

Owing to a shortage of locomotives and paucity of funds, Pakistan Railways has decided to stop the service of two of its passenger trains....

Teams formed to look into oil theft reports

Divisional Superintendent of Pakistan Railways Munwar Shah said on Friday that special teams have been constituted to look into the oil theft repots at...

The Railways’ slow death

Walking around the station one day this summer, I met Abdul Majid. He was an old man with hennaed hair and heavy plastic spectacles....

PM directs Bilour to rehabilitate Railways

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has asked the Railways Minister to put in his best efforts for rehabilitation of Pakistan Railways. Prime Minister gave the...

Lawmakers grieved over Fauzia Wahab’s death

Federal Minister for Railways Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour Sunday expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of central leader of Pakistan Peoples Party Fauzia...

Railways to execute 37 projects in upcoming year: Bilour

Ministry of Railways will spend around Rs 22.8 billion to execute 37 projects for rehabilitation of its infrastructure and reinvigorating services in the fiscal...

The dying Railways

Pakistan Railways was an important means of transportation around the country. It was operating in profit, with a boom in its services. It was...

Railway says arrested officer no longer works with dept

The Pakistan Railways administration clarified that Naeem Malik had retired as the general manager for maintenance and services and was no longer a railway...

NAB arrests Pakistan Railways GM, addl GM

Special Operation Wing of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested Pakistan Railways’ GM (Maintenance and Services) Naeem Malik and Additional GM (Mechanical) Ahsan...