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Accounts Dept: Railways decides to retain only 80 officers

LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to rationalize its Accounts department by retaining only 80 employees...

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:12am

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Railways set to outsource eight more passenger trains

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is all set to outsource the commercial management of its eight passenger trains to...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

Pakistan

Jinnah Express restored from Cant Station Karachi

KARACHI: Pakistan Railways has restored the Karachi-Lahore destined 31Up Jinnah Express from Cantonment Station...

Updated 07 Feb, 2021 10:08am

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PR completes trial run on KCR track

KARACHI: Prior to connecting the 14 kilometre long track from City Station to Orangi with the operational KCR route,...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

Pakistan

Railways concludes rehabilitation of creek bridge

KARACHI: Pakistan Railways (PR) on Wednesday announced that it has rehabilitated the Chinna Creek bridge connecting...

Updated 04 Feb, 2021 09:55am

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Railways all set to outsource eight more passenger trains

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is all set to outsource the commercial management of its eight passenger trains to...

Updated 01 Feb, 2021 09:07am

Pakistan

Railways set to outsource eight more passenger trains

The official said the online e-ticketing had been introduced to facilitate passengers and attract them towards rail travel.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 06:47pm

Pakistan

Hanif Gul takes over charge as DS Karachi

KARACHI: The newly appointed Divisional Superintendent Karachi Division Muhammad Hanif Gul has taken over the charge...

Updated 27 Jan, 2021 09:50am

Pakistan

Pakistan Railways retrieves land worth Rs 4mn from mafia

Railways officials conducted raid at Pakpattan Railways Station and recovered 4 kanal commercial property.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:15pm

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Railways plans to repair 472 coaches

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is planning to repair as many as 472 coaches which were either out of service or...

Updated 25 Jan, 2021 10:08am

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Depts not giving profit will be outsourced: Swati

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati said that running schools and hospitals was not business of ...

Updated 24 Jan, 2021 10:15am

Pakistan

Punjab govt, Railways to form joint strategy for land retrieval

The CM assured of his cooperation for the constitution of a comprehensive strategy for the land retrieval.

Published 23 Jan, 2021 08:42pm

Pakistan

Railways plans to repair 472 coaches

He said the factory’s up-gradation plan would be executed in the forthcoming manufacturing plan of locomotives as per requirement of Pakistan Railways.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 06:36pm

Pakistan

PR earns over Rs12 billion from freight business in two years

He said the department has been generated Rs18.853 billion against the expenditures of Rs12.950 billion, posting a profit of Rs5.903 billion during 2018-19.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:21pm

Pakistan

Railways plans to reconstruct 11 bridges, repair 55 bridges for smooth trains operation

He said Pakistan Railways has 13,959 major and minor bridges over the system and their design life varies for different years.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:13pm

Pakistan

Swati vows to overcome Railways deficit in six months

He said till date Railways got Rs 1.2 trillion while it suffered Rs 20 billion losses during the last six months.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 06:47pm

Pakistan

PR retrieves land worth over Rs30mn

Deputy director property land railways Multan has sent the report to divisional superintendent railways Multan Naveed Mubashir.

Updated 13 Jan, 2021 12:12am

Pakistan

Railways plans to reconstruct 11 bridges, repair 55 bridges for smooth trains operation

He said Pakistan Railways has 13,959 major and minor bridges over the system and their design life varies for different years.

Updated 12 Jan, 2021 12:02am

Pakistan

All-out efforts to be made to minimize Railways losses: Azam Swati

He said for ample utilization of the available resources,all the sections of the Railways were being evaluated.

Published 10 Jan, 2021 01:23am

Pakistan

Swati visits Hutchison Ports Pakistan

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Railways, Azam Khan Swati, visited Hutchison Ports Pakistan. He was given a...

Published 09 Jan, 2021 02:47am

Pakistan

PR, KPT can join hands for economic development of country: Railway Minister

The minister was informed that about 33 kilometers long rail network exists in KPT area with a capacity to handle 125 million tons of cargo.

Published 07 Jan, 2021 07:32pm

Pakistan

Railways generates Rs 214 million through leased land

The official said that Pakistan Railways has leased its cultivated land for the period of four years and barren land for five years.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 06:45pm

Pakistan

PR to renovate railway stations to facilitate passengers

Pakistan Railways was also planning to reconstruct 11 bridges and repair another 55 across the country.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 07:43pm

Pakistan

PM summons meeting to review progress on ML-1 projects today

The officials of Pakistan railway will give a briefing to the premier regarding the progress made on the ML-1 project.
The project was approved by the executive committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) back in August.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 02:10pm

Pakistan

PR CEO cuts Christmas cake to express solidarity with Christian staff

The ceremony was organized at the PR Headquarters in which a number of Christian officers and workers participated.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 12:36am

Pakistan

Inflation major challenge, not any movement: Swati

He said that a comprehensive business plan for early revival of the railways would be introduced; however, he added that reforms always took time to produce results.

Published 19 Dec, 2020 08:45pm

Pakistan

Swati vowes to run railways on modern lines

He was addressing the officers during his first visit to the Pakistan Railways (PR) Headquarters here. Swati said there were flaws in management, automation system and techniques in the department.

Published 19 Dec, 2020 04:38pm

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Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad Railway to Resume Operations in 2021

The Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) railway is expected to resume operations in 2021, according to Adil Karaismailoglu, Turkey's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 05:21pm

Pakistan

Annual inspection of railways lines starts from Dec 28

According to notification issued by Farman Ghani, Deputy General Manager from railways headquarters office Lahore, railways line stretching 151 km between Lodhran to Khanpur (DN Line) would be reviewed on 28th December.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 05:07pm

Pakistan

PR retrieves land worth over Rs10m from grabbers

Deputy director property land railways Multan has sent the report to divisional superintendent railways Multan Naveed Mubashir.

Published 14 Dec, 2020 06:57pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	158.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
India Sensex / Apr 26	73730.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17651.15
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8139.83
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18161.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 26	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2337.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	80.90
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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