LAHORE – Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has on Thursdayannounced to reduce charges of freight trains by ten percent.
The minister talked to media in Lahore and told that the rates will bedecreased from tonight. A shuttle train service will be started from Lahorecity to Wagah from December 14, he said.
Sheikh Rashid vowed to end the practice of travelling by trains withouttickets from Pakistan Railways. He assured that payments will be made tothe families of Tezgam incident’s victims before next week.
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The federal minister added that Leader of the Opposition in the NationalAssembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharifhas gone with former prime minister and elder brother Nawaz Sharif toLondon as a ‘token.
