PM approves summary to induct 8,000 workers in Pakistan Railways

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved a summary to induct 8,000 workers in Pakistan Railways.  

An official of the Railways Ministry said that recruitment process of those workers would be initiated shortly.

They would be hired in different cadres to improve the efficiency of Pakistan Railways, he said.

He said around 11,000 skilled workers were needed on emergency basis to improve performance of Pakistan Railways. He said the ministry had already hired around 2,000 workers.

Read More: Pakistan Railways generated revenue of Rs12,770.02 Mn from land leasing

It is pertinent here to mention that the Ministry of Railways has produced revenue of Rs 12,770.02 million by leasing its resources country-wide for different functions in the preceding 10 years.

According to details provided by an official of Ministry of Railways , almost 15,025.44 acre was leased to the government departments for around 21 to 33 years, as per the plan to make additional revenue.

Also, the details provided province-wise, he stated that 656.98 acres of land was leased in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 12,667.30 acres in Punjab, 1,560.13 acres in Sindh, 137.25 acres in Balochistan & 3.79 acres in Pakistan Railways association.

Furthermore, he declared that the evaluation of commercial value of the sites was performed through the accredited evaluators of the Pakistan Banking Association / State Bank of Pakistan in order to secure a benchmark and then advertisements were also given in various leading newspapers for leasing.