Topic: Railways

Tags: railways land retrieval talks defence forces
February 09, 2012

Railways in land retrieval talks with defence forces

LAHORE – While the Pakistan Railways is continuing its efforts to retrieve illegally occupied ...

Tags: railways raise fares -20 cent
January 26, 2012

Railways to raise fares by 10-20 per cent

LAHORE – Cash-strapped Pakistan Railways (PR) in order to overcome its financial crisis has ...

Tags: railways transportation charges 30pc
January 21, 2012

Railways ups goods transportation charges by 30pc

LAHORE  - Pakistan Railways has increased the fares of goods trains by 30 per cent in view of ...

Tags: railways acquires rs10 repair 200 locomotives
January 16, 2012

Railways acquires Rs10 billion to repair 200 locomotives

LAHORE – Pakistan Railways has planned to repair as many as 200 locomotives in a period of ...

Tags: railways rs 2.2b diesel salaries
January 07, 2012

Railways gets Rs 2.2b for diesel, salaries

ISLAMABAD  - Secretary Finance Waqar Masood on Friday said that Rs 2.20 billion have been ...

Tags: lavish meal railways police
January 02, 2012

Lavish meal for Railways Police

LAHORE - On the directives of IGP Railways Syed Ibne Hussain, a lavish meal was arranged for ...

Tags: railways ‘house’ robbed babus
December 27, 2011

Railways ‘house’ robbed by babus

LAHORE – Senator Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi, the convener of the Senate Standing Committee’s ...

Tags: railways union delegation meets khosa
December 24, 2011

Railways union delegation meets Khosa

LAHORE – Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa has said that Pakistan Railways is not only a ...

Tags: govt driving railways dead
December 22, 2011

Govt driving Railways towards dead end

RAWALPINDI (AFP) - For 44 years, Jaffer Hussain has worked as a porter, hauling luggage around ...

Tags: Railways Pays Rs 147m Train Accidents Victims
December 11, 2011

Railways pays Rs 14.7m to train accidents victims

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Railways has paid an amount of Rs 14.7 million as compensation to ...

Tags: Iow Railways Auctioned Land Low Price
November 05, 2011

IOW Railways auctioned land at low price

WARBURTON Responsible Railway Officers should be held for the out of way lease of railway land to ...

Tags: Spray Rid Railways Termites
October 27, 2011

'Spray must to rid Railways of 'termites

SADIQABAD - In defiance of the rules and regulations, Pakistan Railways Sakkur Divisional ...

Tags: Railways Retrieve 310 Acres Land Grabbers
September 06, 2011

Railways to retrieve 310 acres from land grabbers

PESHAWAR (APP): The Railways authorities will take cogent measures to get retrieved 310 acre land ...

Tags: Railways Staff Embezzled 11 Radiators
August 27, 2011

Railways staff embezzled 11 radiators

ISLAMABAD (APP) - An inquiry into theft of 11 radiators from Railways locomotives worth millions of ...

Tags: Approved Rs10 Billion Funds Peanut Sinking Railways
August 07, 2011

Approved Rs10 billion funds just peanut for sinking Railways

ISLAMABAD - The recent fund approval by the incumbent government to recuperate the finance-starved ...

Tags: Railways Fails Address Passengers Reservation
August 02, 2011

Railways fails to address passengers reservation

OUR STAFF REPORTER KHANEWAL - The Pakistan Railways Advisory and Consultancy Services has failed to ...

Tags: Railways Crisis Deepening
July 26, 2011

Railways crisis deepening further

ISLAMABAD - Financial crisis of cash-starved Pakistan Railways (PR) deepened further as ...

Tags: Call Purge Railways Corruption
July 23, 2011

Call to purge Railways of corruption

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE If Pakistan Railways is not purged of corrupt, dishonest and inefficient ...

Tags: Rs 562476m Fraud Pakistan Railways
June 07, 2011

Rs 562.476m fraud found in Pakistan Railways

ISLAMABAD - Demanding steps to fix responsibility to recover the losses, the Auditor General of ...

Tags: Saeed New Gm Railways
March 23, 2011

Saeed made new GM Railways

LAHORE Once again reposing confidence upon former Pakistan Railways General Manager Operation and ...

Tags: Cashstrapped Pso Supplies Fuel Railways
March 18, 2011

Cash-strapped PSO supplies fuel to Railways

ISLAMABAD- Despite a heavy payment pending of Rs 900 million and dishonoring of cheques, the cash ...

Corruption, incompetence derailing Pak Railways

At a time when the world is manufacturing and plying bullet trains to match aeroplanes speed, ...

Tags: Railways Gets 14m Diesel Trains Operation
February 03, 2011

Railways gets 1.4m diesel for trains operation

LAHORE (PPI) - Pakistan Railways has received 1.4 million liter diesel from PSO and as a result ...

Tags: Railways Purchases Useless Acs
November 14, 2010

Railways purchases useless ACs

LAHORE - The Audit Department of Pakistan Railways has requested Public Accounts Committee (PAC) ...

Tags: Railways Needs Rs25 Billion Rehabilitation
August 28, 2010

Railways needs Rs2.5 billion for rehabilitation

LAHORE - Recent rain-floods have played havoc with the infrastructure of Pakistan Railways (PR) as ...

Tags: Railways Assess Damages Tracks
August 19, 2010

Railways to assess damages to tracks

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The flash flood has badly damaged Railways tracks in the flood affected areas, ...

Railways starts train service to evacuate flood affectees

LAHORE (PPI) - Pakistan Railways has started flood relief train service between Multan and Mehmood ...

Tags: Corrupt Bureaucracy Ruining Railways
July 30, 2010

Corrupt bureaucracy ruining Railways

LAHORE (PR) - Pakistan Railway Employees Prem Union President Hafiz Sulman Butt has said that ...

Tags: Railways Close 51 Nonprofitable Trains
July 19, 2010

Railways to close 51 non-profitable trains

KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan Railways have embarked upon an ambitious plan of rationalisation of train ...

Tags: Senate Body Cancellation Railways Leased Land
July 07, 2010

Senate body for cancellation of Railways leased land

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Senate Standing Committee on Railways Tuesday termed lease of Railways land in ...