Federal Minister for Railway Khawaja Saad Rafiq Wednesday inaugurated Rail Car Service between Kohat and Rawalpindi and pledged he will ensure that funds on railway projects are spent transparency. Provincial president, PML-N, Advisor to PM Engineer Ameer Muqaam and former Senator Abbas Afridi were also present on the occasion.
'Kohat Railway station was built in year 1905 by British rulers and land for the railway track was bought from Khan Bahadur Mohabat Ali Khan, Nawabzada Jalal Khan, Nawabzada Jehandar Khan and others in year 1901.' Asif Khan Advocate present that occasion had revealed before this scribe.
Six hundred million rupees are spent on repair of hundred year's old expired rail Road Bridge over river Indus near Khushal Garh Kohat before continuation of rail car service on it. Engineers and experts of a foreign firm have confirmed that now expired hundred years old bridge is made capable for carrying the load over it for next hundred years as well and it is safe to run rail car service on it,' revealed by Iltaf leader of Carwan-i-Amal.
Addressing a public meeting organized on the occasion, the Federal Railway Minister Saad Rafiq said PTI chief should fulfill its promises made to people during last general elections rather accusing and abusing his political opponents and parliament. He said it is not understandable to abuse the parliament while remaining its part. Imran and Sheikh Rasheed only know how to abuse and nothing else. He said PML-N always pursued politics of development and prosperity and put the country on path of democracy, adding that railway track would be laid up to Parachinar while Kohat Express would be equipped with more facilities.
Saad Rafique said that work of all the development projects announced by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif were on full swing. "PML-N was against politics of victimization." The federal minister said that PTI chief Imran Khan was new in national politics and he would take time to be mature provided he survived in politics alike PML-N leadership who went through different ups and downs during the last 40-year and survived. Saad Rafique said that today the country would have witnessed more development and prosperity if Imran Khan had not done "dirty politics" and played with future of 210 million people.
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