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At least 8 injured as blast hits railway track in Pak's Balochistan
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a Pakistan Railways spokesperson in Balochistan, the blast occurred when the Peshawar-bound Jaffer Express was passing by the Paneer area. The Pakistani newspaper said the train, which was coming from the Mach area, derailed and exploded.
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Pakistan cries foul over non-functional railway bogies imported from China
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Shehbaz Sharif government needed to spend hundreds of thousands of rupees just to make the bogies operational, sources told the Pakistani newspaper. It said the maintenance work was being conducted at the Ski Line of Pakistan Railways.
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Pakistan Railways running trains with 3-day oil inventory
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Due to underutilization of the rolling stock, locomotive and infrastructure, the PR has miserably failed to generate and increase revenue to overcome the financial crunch and it seeks financial help from the federal government in a bid to meet its increasing expenses.
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Pakistan Railways grind to a halt amid crippling fuel crisis
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 30 (ANI): The worsening fuel crisis in Pakistan has resulted in the disruption of Pakistan Railways (PR) services with trains gradually coming to a standstill.
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Pak Railway officers to visit China for buying bogies despite economic slu
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): Numerous employees of Pakistan are set to visit China in different groups from August 9 to inspect 230 bogies worth USD 149 million despite the economic crunch as Pakistan Railways (PR) continue to face a deficit of more than Rs 45 billion.
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Train travel in Pakistan likely to get costlier
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 28 (ANI): Amid the recent hike in fuel prices in Pakistan by the Shehbaz Sharif government, Pakistan Railways (PR) is likely to raise its fares soon enough. The authorities have already forwarded recommendations to increase fares by 15 to 20 per cent.
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Five injured after blast in Pakistan's Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], January 18 (ANI): At least five people were injured in a blast near a railway track in the Mashkaf area of Balochistan's Bolan district on Tuesday, local media reported citing a senior official of Pakistan Railways.
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Protests in Pak's Sindh over police encounter killing
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): Protests broke out in Sindh province after a man was killed in an encounter by Pakistan police demanding an impartial investigation of the "murder".
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Pakistan Railways' membership of intl body may be suspended: Report
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): In what could cause major embarrassment to Pakistan, the membership of the country's railway body of the Inter-governmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) could be suspended due to non-payment of the annual membership fee.
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Pak Railways threatens to stop employees' salaries for refusing COVID-19 v
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Amid the continued resurgence of COVID-19 infections in the country, Pakistan Railways decided to stop salaries of employees who refused to inoculate themselves against the virus by August 31.
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One killed, several wounded in Pakistan rail mishap
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 7 (ANI): One passenger was killed and several others were wounded on Sunday when Lahore-bound Karachi Express met an accident near Rohri in a city of Sukkur District in Pakistan's Sindh province, reported Geo News.
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Pak railways suffered Rs1.2 trillion losses in past 50 years, says Railway
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Azam Khan Swati said Pakistan Railways had suffered Rs1.2 trillion losses during the past 50 years and the government plans to revive the collapsing organisation but did not elaborate how.
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