ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has said that deficit of Pakistan Railways would be overcome during the next three years.
Speaking to media at Rawalpindi Railway Station on Friday, he said that Pakistan’s economy was heading towards right direction and expressed hope that inflation rate would come down during the next three months as the multilateral donors have placed more confidence on PTI government.
He said at present PR was running 136 passengers and freight trains. He said to solve the problems of employees from grade 1 to 16 of PR, he will talk to Prime Minister for the provision of more facilities to them.
To a question, he said a new free trade policy was being introduced and expressed the hope that the economy would soon be on the track. He said a system was being evolved to increase the revenue of PR from its own resources.