Islamabad: Federal Minister of Communications, Privatization and Investment Board Abdul Aleem Khan says that Pakistan can be connected with modern railways to Iran, China and Central Asian countries through trade corridors, while ensuring low cost and fastest cargo service, the railway company itself. Can be profitable.
He expressed these views while chairing a high-level meeting of the focal group to review the current track of Pakistan Railways and the important issues related to it, in which the Federal Secretaries of Communications, Railways, Industries, Chairman National Highway Authority and others. Senior officers gave a briefing.
Federal Minister Abdul Aleem Khan said that China and Russia can invest in improving the infrastructure of Pakistan Railways and will offer investment to the private sector instead of increasing the financial burden to improve the railways. can be stabilized.
Abdul Aleem Khan further said that there is no temporary relief, we need a long-term plan for the improvement of the railways, there is no doubt that for the upgradation of the railway system, the train track has to be made safer, stronger and faster.
He said that people in developed countries take train travel as tourism and entertainment while our railway system is far behind. Federal Minister of Communications Abdul Aleem Khan directed to resolve the pending issues between the Railway Department and the National Highway Authority quickly.
He said that according to the expectations of the customers, the cargo sector of railways has to compete with the private sector and meet the requirements of the present era. In the meeting of the focal group, the secretaries of various departments and other senior officers also gave a briefing and presented various suggestions regarding the improvement of the railway department in particular.
