ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated the high profile and long awaited Green Line Express Train service from Islamabad to Karachi.
It will be a Premium Express of Pakistan Railways having five-star facilities. Addressing the inaugural ceremony at the Margalla Railway Station here in Islamabad, he said the Green Line was launched during the previous government of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. But, unfortunately, the PTI government of the past discontinued it.
The Prime Minister commended Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique for adopting the model of outsourcing train services, including internal and janitorial ones. He said outsourcing services is the way forward in today’s world as governments should focus on governing institutions instead of running them.
Shehbaz Sharif said state owned enterprises have become loss making entities due to political interference. He said we are focusing on saving each and every penny of the national kitty. The Prime Minister also expressed the confidence that agreement with the IMF will soon be finalized and after that all multilateral and bilateral institutions will also come forward to support Pakistan.
He said the coalition government is committed to steer the country out of current economic crisis. The Prime Minister also thanked China for its commitment on ML-1 project and providing all possible assistance to Pakistan.
Meanwhile, President Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here in Islamabad on Friday. Matters related to current political scenario were discussed in the meeting. Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar was also present on the occasion.