Railways to outsource five more trains Published 17 Jun, 2026 06:56am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways (PR) on Tuesday announced the outsourcing of five more trains for Rs10.75 billion as...
Pakistan, ADB push swift progress on ML-1 project Updated 23 May, 2026 09:31am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday agreed on the timely completion of documentation and...
Luggage van outsourcing: Railways generates Rs5.91bn in five years Published 12 May, 2026 06:01am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has generated a revenue of PKR 5.91 billion over the past five years through the...
Senate panel concerned at frequent train accidents Published 26 Feb, 2026 04:57am ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Railways raised serious concerns over frequent train accidents and...
ADB, Railways ministry in talks over $2bn loan for Karachi–Rohri ML-1 Updated 16 Feb, 2026 01:21pm Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chairs meeting on the progress of CPEC projects
REDAMCO’s generates multiple revenue, used railway lands commercially: CEO Published 28 Jan, 2026 07:28am LAHORE: Brigadier Shoeb Anwar Kayani (retd), CEO of REDAMCO, Ministry of Railways, said that REDAMCO was established...
ML-1 upgradation: ADB delegation visits Karachi Published 22 Jan, 2026 04:57am KARACHI: The Asian Development Bank delegation visited in detail the Pakistan Railways network in Karachi Division...
Gwadar Railway project’s feasibility study completed, Senate panel told Updated 16 Jan, 2026 08:26am ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was told on Thursday that the Gwadar Railway project’s feasibility study,...
Transport & water infrastructure: Ministry reviews Rs5.3trn portfolio Updated 28 Dec, 2025 11:42am Projects, spanning railways, highways and water sectors, are being executed under the Public Sector Development Programme
Traffic congestion in Karachi: Bulk freight movement to be shifted from roads to rails Published 18 Dec, 2025 06:01am ISLAMABAD: The Ministries of Maritime Affairs and Pakistan Railways (PR) have agreed in principle to formally sign...
Sindh approves nearly Rs1 billion for procurement of buses for Karachi Updated 16 Dec, 2025 04:28pm Cabinet approves procurement of heritage building for establishing IT tower in Karachi
Rohri Station: Sindh agrees to share up-gradation cost with Ministry Published 16 Dec, 2025 07:37am ISLAMABAD: The government of Sindh has agreed with the Ministry of Railways to share the up-gradation cost of Rohri...
Railways not on the reforms track Published 29 Aug, 2025 06:28am At the World Economic Forum, the Prime Minister of Pakistan expressed deep concerns over the country’s...
Austrian co has shown interest in ML-1 project construction, Senate body meeting told Published 22 Jul, 2025 05:56am ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Railways Senator Jam Saifullah Khan, Monday, revealed that ...
Railways ministry says it will axe thousands of jobs Updated 28 Jan, 2025 03:35pm ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Railways on Monday revealed that out of 95,859 sanctioned posts, 17,101 posts have...
Railways to expedite anti-encroachment operations across country Updated 16 Aug, 2024 04:47am ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee’s Subcommittee on Railways meeting was held on Thursday to...
Road, rail link with CA states and Europe: Authorities directed to finalise strategic plans Updated 07 Aug, 2024 09:36am ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Communications presented their strategic connectivity plans...
No targeted subsidy for ministry: 95pc of PR budget being spent on pension, pay, fuel Updated 23 Jul, 2024 08:54am ISLAMABAD: About 95 percent of the Railways budget is being utilised on pension, pay and fuel and there is no...
Pakistan, Russia, CARs: meeting on UAP rail plan likely on April 23-24 Updated 05 Apr, 2024 09:03am ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting of Pakistan, Russia, and Central Asian Republics (CARs) is likely to be held on...
APP to be executed thru EPADS Updated 27 Nov, 2023 09:22am ISLAMABAD: The Secretaries Committee, headed by Secretary Cabinet has directed Ministries/ Divisions to prepare...
Railways upgrades 167 un-manned crossings in a year Published 08 May, 2023 06:40am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has upgraded as many as 167 vulnerable un-manned level crossings to manned level...
Shahdadpur station platform’s upgradation: Railways doles out additional Rs2m Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has allocated around Rs 2 million more funds for completing the renovation and...
Trains may start plying to, from Karachi soon Published 24 Oct, 2022 05:45am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways was likely to resume its service towards Karachi during the first week of October that...
Railways to get 20 modern coaches by month-end Published 24 Oct, 2022 05:45am ISLAMABAD: The first fleet of 20 state-of-the-art coaches of Pakistan Railways from China would arrive in Pakistan ...
Quetta-Bostan, Quetta-Chaman sections: Railways starts rehabilitation work Published 25 Jul, 2022 06:12am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways (PR) has started rehabilitation work of 33.50-kilometer track ‘through sleeper...
Pensions, retirement age: Govt to ascertain financial impact Updated 30 Jun, 2022 09:45am ISLAMABAD: The government has reportedly decided to conduct financial study on pensions, its overall financial...
Over 4,578 acres of Railways land leased to earn profit Published 30 May, 2022 06:49am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has leased out over 4,578 acres of its land during the last three and a half years to...
Job-seekers burn train coaches in Patna Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:45am LUCKNOW: Thousands of youngsters in India have burned down empty train coaches and blocked rail traffic this week in...
Railways accelerates anti-encroachment operation Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:19am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to accelerate its ongoing anti-encroachment operation against land...
Rehab of 33-km track: Balochistan: Railways approves PC-I Published 29 Nov, 2021 06:03am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has approved the PC-I for rehabilitation of a 33.50-kilometer track ‘through sleeper...