LAHORE : Federal Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has hinted at quittingpolitics.
claimed yesterday that he would get retirement from politics aftercompletion of two mega projects including ML-1 and Nala Lai.
“Pakistan Railways get only Rs 16billion under the head of PSDP and only 15percent of the total funds allocated for ML-1 project have been received byrailways so far,” he said. The federal minister stated this whileaddressing a press conference at Railways Headquarters in Lahore.
The minister also brushed aside media reports about the very limited fuelstocks available with Pakistan Railways, and claimed that at least five-dayfuel stock is available with Pakistan Railways right now and fuel foranother 15 days is being transported.
He said the Pakistan Railways was struggling to increase fuel stocks.“There is no fuel shortage. Fuel will be available in our stocks for atleast 20 days once the new consignment is delivered to railways,” theminister said. He said Pakistan Railways collected one billion rupeesduring the last 10 days of Ramazan by transporting more than two millionpassengers to their destinations across Pakistan.
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Sheikh Rasheed also claimed that at least 20 million litres of fuel wassaved by the railways despite introduction of 30 new trains.
He said three railways stations including Lahore cantonment, Raiwind, andKot Lakhpat were being upgraded in order to reduce rush of passengers inLahore. The railways also collected Rs 30million from passengers who weretraveling in trains without tickets, he said.
