Railways Minister inaugurates new freight train at Karachi Station

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed along with Governor Sindh Imran Ismail inaugurated a freight train at Karachi Railway Station on Tuesday.

The freight train will be run by Pakistan Railway under public private partnership between Karachi to Lahore.

The train taking 26 hundred tons of load will leave towards Lahore from Karachi daily.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Sheikh Rasheed said that income of our freight is Rs18 billion.

He said Karachi Circular Railway project has become part of China Pakistan Economic Corridor for which further deliberations are underway.

He said talks are also in progress with China for laying new railway track between Karachi and Peshawar.

Speaking on the occasion, Governor Imran Ismail said Pakistan Railways has been improved after being taken by Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed. He said cheap resources of transport are being made available for the people.