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 30. “The fare of train would be Rs7,000…
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 his membership has been sent out. He was…
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 a clean and green campaign at the…
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 by spending an entire month on a…
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 case separately ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC)…
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 the lease of Pakistan Railways’ land. According to…
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 two months. The bench, headed by Chief Justice…
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 till further orders. A two-member bench of the…
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, which he said would lead the country to…
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 pertaining to financial losses incurred by the Pakistan…
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 shrubs; parts being used as industrial rail…
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 stations and out of the total 11.2874 billion…
SC summons Sheikh Rashid over misuse of Railways land
ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday heard a case pertaining to construction of private housing societies on Railways…
Sheikh Rasheed announces raise in train fares
RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Monday announced an increment in railway fares. While addressing the media in his hometown Rawalpindi, the railway minister said, “The value of dollar…
Four more trains to be inaugurated on Friday
ISLAMABAD: The railways ministry will start four more trains from Friday to facilitate the passengers of different cities of the country which would accomplish the task of starting 10 new trains in the…
Pakistan Railways earnings improve by 17.5 per cent
Pakistan Railways (PR) earnings have improved by 17.5 per cent (Rs1 billion) since the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government assumed power, a local media outlet reported on Sunday. According to a Ministry of…
Railways to hire 8,000 workers in different cadres to improve efficiency
To improve its performance, the Pakistan Railways has decided to hire eight thousand six hundred workers in different cadres. A senior official of the railways ministry said on Sunday that Prime Minister…