Advance Planning To Ensure Transparency, Efficiency Should Be Mandatory: PR Minister
LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Oct, 2026) | Minister for Pakistan Railways, Muhammad Hanif Abbasi, has directed that advance planning be made mandatory to ensure transparency and efficiency in the railway system. He also emphasized immediate blacklisting of private vendors causing delays in goods delivery.
During a meeting on the performance and affairs of Pakistan Railways on Saturday, the minister issued these directions:
- Installation of modern CCTV cameras and deployment of private security personnel at all railway workshops and yards to strengthen security arrangements.
- Zero-tolerance policy against theft of railway scrap and spare parts.
- Collective efforts by stakeholders to achieve revenue targets for the current financial year.
- Bringing locomotives undergoing repairs back into service according to schedule.
- No compromise on work quality, with legal action against negligent personnel.
- Immediate outsourcing of all brake and luggage vans under a uniform policy.
The meeting was informed that Millat, Awam, Mianwali, and Karakoram Express trains would be handed over to the private sector this month.