Train operations suspended across country

KARACHI: Employees of Pakistan Railways have suspended train operations across the country over non-payment of dues, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

The railway employees staged a protest on a railway track at the Cant station and suspended operations.

Due to their protest, the departure of several trains including Green Line and Rehman Baba was delayed from Cantt station.

Earlier, Pakistan Railways decided to upgrade and commercialize railway stations to earn substantial revenue at a large scale.

This was shared by caretaker railways minister Shahid Ashraf Tarar while chairing a meeting to review the up-gradation and commercialization plan of Rawalpindi railway station in Islamabad

Railway stations will remain important commercial hubs in future, he added.

Shahid Ashraf Tarar said Rawalpindi Railway Station is being upgraded and its surroundings would make it commercially viable and help generate substantial revenues for all the stakeholders.