"PAKISTAN RAILWAY"
Since 1861 when the first railway line was laid down between Karachi and Kotri, the expansion of the railway network by the British came at a rapid pace up until 1947. The driving factors for this growth were strategic and economic in nature. For instance to stop the invasion of the Russians from the West, the British built the Khojak tunnel, the fourth largest at that time, in seemingly inaccessible areas of Balochistan to reach Chaman railway station. But after 1947, little has been done to expand and maintain this network.
The total length of railway tracks in Pakistan is 5,072 miles (8,163 km). and important railway routes and details of passenger train and freight in Pakistan are following :
1. Peshawar-Karachi via Rawalpindi- Lahore
2. Karachi to Quetta via Kotri, Larkana and Jacobabad
3. Quetta to Zahidan
4. Rohri to Quetta
5. Multan to Jacobabad via Dera Ghazi Khan
6. Quetta-Zhob
7.Quetta to Chaman
8.Sibi to Khost
I am also confused that if people wants to obtain urgent ticket reservations, they will not get the empty place in any train, and even on our major holidays i.e Eid- ul -Fitr, Eid- ul- Azha and Independence day if you want to travel then you must have an advance booking at least fifteen days or more, and the special trains are other then normal daily routine, innocent and poor people wait for the trains many many hours more then ten hours and sometime fifteen to twenty hours, and I have not seen any train to come at time
Today the condition of our railway system is very bad as 100 to 200 trains are closed. I would like to say that first of all government should eradicate corruption in railways sector. Corruption is the menace that is destroying many sectors of Pakistani society. Pakistan Railways should be privatized. This is also the possible solution of problem because currently government of Pakistan has to bear the huge losses monthly. Other benefits of privatization of Pakistan Railways include the increase in service quality and expansion of Railways because government has nothing to invest.
JAWWAD MEER (13)
Since 1861 when the first railway line was laid down between Karachi and Kotri, the expansion of the railway network by the British came at a rapid pace up until 1947. The driving factors for this growth were strategic and economic in nature. For instance to stop the invasion of the Russians from the West, the British built the Khojak tunnel, the fourth largest at that time, in seemingly inaccessible areas of Balochistan to reach Chaman railway station. But after 1947, little has been done to expand and maintain this network.
The total length of railway tracks in Pakistan is 5,072 miles (8,163 km). and important railway routes and details of passenger train and freight in Pakistan are following :
1. Peshawar-Karachi via Rawalpindi- Lahore
2. Karachi to Quetta via Kotri, Larkana and Jacobabad
3. Quetta to Zahidan
4. Rohri to Quetta
5. Multan to Jacobabad via Dera Ghazi Khan
6. Quetta-Zhob
7.Quetta to Chaman
8.Sibi to Khost
I am also confused that if people wants to obtain urgent ticket reservations, they will not get the empty place in any train, and even on our major holidays i.e Eid- ul -Fitr, Eid- ul- Azha and Independence day if you want to travel then you must have an advance booking at least fifteen days or more, and the special trains are other then normal daily routine, innocent and poor people wait for the trains many many hours more then ten hours and sometime fifteen to twenty hours, and I have not seen any train to come at time
Today the condition of our railway system is very bad as 100 to 200 trains are closed. I would like to say that first of all government should eradicate corruption in railways sector. Corruption is the menace that is destroying many sectors of Pakistani society. Pakistan Railways should be privatized. This is also the possible solution of problem because currently government of Pakistan has to bear the huge losses monthly. Other benefits of privatization of Pakistan Railways include the increase in service quality and expansion of Railways because government has nothing to invest.
JAWWAD MEER (13)
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