South Korea will modernize Pakistan Railways under an agreement signed in Seoul on Tuesday during the visit of President Asif Ali Zardari, state media reported. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs and the Pakistan Railways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Pakistan will seek high speed railways, communication systems, signalling, […]
Supreme Court rejects NAB report on corruption in railways Islamabad: (Tuesday, February 14, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan today rejected the National Accountability of Bureau’s (NAB) report on corruption in Pakistan Railways. Expressing its dissatisfaction with the facts presented in the report, the apex court summoned the secretaries of defence, railways and interior to […]
Shah Mehmood Qureshi blasts PPP for destroying the major institutions and has urged people to follow the change While addressing to the nation during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s rally at the Mazaar-e-Quaid in Karachi, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, took a swipe at his former party for derailing the major institutions of the country. Qureshi said that the present […]
Dec 26 2011 | Posted in
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Inflation in Pakistan has become a persisting phenomenon, and the government agencies, particularly the State Bank of Pakistan, despite opting for a strict monetary policy for long, has not been able to curb it. Is it so that the State Bank is not the competent body to do the job? And if the answer is […]
Oct 29 2011 | Posted in
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Pensioners of the Pakistan Railways have been camped out in front of public banks for days but the government only woke up to the crisis after an elderly man passed away in Lahore. Mahmood Khan, a 70 year old former railway employee, died waiting in a queue to get his pension token. “There were […]
Oct 27 2011 | Posted in
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October 19, Islamabad – “Only 37,000 complains were received last year by the Wafaqi Mohtasib which is very less as compared to the total population of Pakistan. That being a conscious citizen one should speak out to get one’s right. One should knock every door to get justice.” Said Ms. Manizeh Bano, the Executive Director […]
Oct 19 2011 | Posted in
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