ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Railways (PR) will purchase 300 new freight coaches at a cost of $ 25 millyon to improve its service, an official at the Ministry of Railways said here. The ministry has approved the PC-1 of the project that would be executed shortly. All the carriages would be imported and the project would meet the urgent demand of Pakistan Railways, he said. "The new coaches would help generate more revenue and would make the freight service faster than ever," said the official. He said new freight coaches would run at a speed of up to 100 kilometres per hour, which is highest ever speed in the country. Though the Pakistan Railways is engaged in manufacturing the 1300 wagons at local level yet it has decided to import 300 bogies as well, the official said. He said out of 1300 wagons, more or less 1,000 have already been manufactured while the rest would be completed soon. These wagons are being manufactured in the Pakistan Railways workshop in Lahore, he added. "The government or supplier credit would provide a fund of the project," the official said. He said Pakistan Railways has decided to purchase more freight coaches in order to overcome the loss it faced in the riots followed by the assassinatigg (8:~9^^g%,Noir Bhutto.         Pakistan Railways has also urged the private national and international companies to avail the Open Track Policy initiated by PR, which allows the private parties to operate their own rolling stock while paying track access charges to the Railways, the official maintained. The official said introduction of private partnership into the freight logistics would enable PR bring efficiency and promptness in such business activities. The official said that a number of steps have recently been taken to improve the performance of freight segment.