Pakistan Railways incurred a loss of Rs. 79.093 millions in last three years, Bilour tells National Assembly Islamabad: (Wednesday, January 04, 2012) Minister for Railways Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour here today, told the National Assembly that Pakistan Railways had suffered a loss of Rs. 79.093 million during last three years. Replying to a question during […]
Jan 4 2012 | Posted in
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Low gas pressure turns up the heat in the National Assembly Awami National Party (ANP) Thursday rendered complete support to the government, seconding the views Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani expressed about the supremacy of parliament. The PM lost his temperament in the National Assembly, hitting out hard at the military establishment while asserting […]
Dec 23 2011 | Posted in
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Disbanded Khyber Steam Safari: An insight into the once glorious past of the Khyber Agency Initiated in the yester years of thriving tourism culture in the country especially in the then North West Frontier Province, Khyber Train Safari remained the centre of attraction of major chunk of the tourists who thronged the country […]
Nov 25 2011 | Posted in
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Government of Pakistan to cancel loans of flood victims Government of Pakistan has decided to write off the loans of the people who have been affected by the recent floods in Sindh. This was revealed by Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Textile, Makhdom Shahabuddin during the last meeting of National Assembly. The Textile minister said that […]
A Demise – Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways has become a nuisance for some time for its stakeholders, especially the passengers. Despite the ills railways own, no process of accountability has started yet, and never will it be started till the last nail is hammered in its coffin. Obviously, writing is on the wall and sooner […]
Nov 5 2011 | Posted in
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Pakistan Railways in Supreme Court In an anticipated move, the Supreme Court took a suo moto notice about the prevailing condition in Pakistan Railways, which was need of the hour despite all the differences. While observing the case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, expressed dissatisfaction over the situation and asked the Federal Secretary of Railways […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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It was on 26th October that the elderly Railway pensioner, Mahmood Khan was so miserable and in dire need of his pension of Rs. 4000 that he stood in queue throughout the night in order to be the first one to receive his pension early in the morning. He waited throughout the night outside National […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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Retired Pakistan Railway pensioner dies while waiting for his pension; protest continues The unrelenting financial crisis at Pakistan Railways (PR) has finally claimed a pensioner’s life while he waited overnight to receive his pension. According to the reports Mahmood Khan, who was a former railway employee, passed away while waiting for his pension. Khan, […]
Oct 26 2011 | Posted in
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An old pensioner of the Pakistan Railways, waiting outside the Loco Shop bank branch overnight for the payment has lost his life, according to the media sources. As the Railways failed to pay the pensions on Tuesday, the old pensioner was sleeping outside the bank with a hope to receive his pension early in the […]
Oct 26 2011 | Posted in
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Pakistan Railways’ retired employees protested against the non-payment of the pensions on Tuesday here in Lahore outside the Bank. According to the sources the employees were waiting outside the back for more than five hours but the bank officials did not update them about the payment of their pensions. Ex-employees of railways have not been […]
Oct 25 2011 | Posted in
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Government still struggling to pull Pakistan Railways out of the crisis Farhatullah Babar, who is the current spokesperson of the office of President of Pakistan, has revealed president’s plan for the restoration of Pakistan Railways (PR) that is going through deep crisis. Railway employees were not getting their salaries and pensions for the past […]
