Ministry of Postal Services opens rest houses for public

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Postal Services has opened its rest houses across the country to facilitate and provide the people visiting recreational places accommodation at affordable prices.

According to a notification issued to this effect, the rest houses were opened on the directives of Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed in line with the government’s vision of better utilisation of the country’s resources and facilitating the masses.

The people will now be able to stay at these government rest houses during their visit of recreational places.

All the rest houses from Karachi to Murree have been revamped on the instructions of Murad Saeed.

These rest houses have been divided into three categories .

The Category A rest houses include Karachi City, Multan, Jhelum, Mianwali, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Nathia Gali, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Shadman Lahore, Lahore Cantt, Sialkot GPO, Sialkot Cantt, Faisalabad GPO and Quetta.

Whereas, the Category B rest houses are Attock, Muree GPO, Chitral, Abbottabad, Ayubia, Kohat, D.I Khan, Mirpurkhas, Sorab, Amri, Taftan, Qallat, Muzzaffarabad, Mirupur, Kotli, Gilgit, Sust, Skardu, Gujrat, Sargodha and Layyah.

The Category C include Pindi Point Muree, Saidu Sharif, Bannu, Zairat, Sialkot Cantt

The step will also prove to be helpful in increasing income of the government and reducing expenses of the people. The people can also get information about the rest houses through the app of Pakistan Post.