LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati has demanded Rs620 billion for the ‘total’ upgradation of the Pakistan Railways, a few days after the deadly Ghotki train accident. “I was at the site till the entire track was not restored,” he told journalists while addressing a press conference about the recent train accident. With […]
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Saad Rafique’s land scam hearing deferred
ISLAMABAD: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Thursday asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore to defer questioning him in a housing scam due to a scheduled meeting with the Chinese ambassador. NAB Lahore had summoned the federal minister and his brother, provincial minister Khawaja Salman Rafique, regarding the corruption case in private housing scheme reportedly […]
SC reserves verdict on NA-125 rigging case
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) on Monday reserved its verdict on Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique’s appeal filed against NA-125 rigging case. The court after nineteen hearings on the defendant’s appeal against the case withheld its verdict. Saad Rafique’s counsel argued that the Returning Officer hadn’t receive any objection regarding the changes of polling scheme and […]
Saad takes notice of delay in train traffic
LAHORE: Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique taking notice of the delay in the train traffic, called an emergency meeting to provide relief to the travellers. The emergency meeting in the Railway Headquarters, in the presence of Pakistan Railways CEO, Railways GM and the Board of Governors shed light on the Sukkur train incident and the […]