Railways minister warns inefficient officials with sacking

RAWALPINDI: Expressing resolve to improve the operations of Pakistan Railways and make it a profit-earning entity, Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq Monday said there would be no room for incompetent and corrupt officers in the department.

"Corrupt elements will not be tolerated and only performers will stay put in the department," he said while talking to media here at the railway station where he, along with his family, had reached after traveling from Lahore by Margallah Express.

He said the principle of merit and ‘rule of law’ would be upheld adding that railways would be transformed into a vibrant mode of transportation.

The minister said an effective strategy was being evolved to get railways' encroached land vacated from illegal occupants, adding not a single inch of railway land will be left encroached.

Rafiq said all workers should work like a team so that a national institution could be saved and its lost glory could be restored by improving its passenger as well as freight services.

He urged the parliamentarians and high-ups to prefer to travel by
trains as it would not only encourage other passengers but also restore their confidence in the national fleet.

Division Superintendent Railways Rawalpindi Syed Munawar Shah, union representatives and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supporters welcomed the minister on his arrival at the railway station. (APP)