ISLAMABAD – Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed said that his department hasthe capability to even launch a missile.

He was speaking to the media during the inauguration ceremony of a freighttrain in Karachi. “Pakistan Railways has many facilities,” he said.

The federal minister announced that the department will launch 20 freighttrains this year.

Speaking about the freight train, he said that the train is being run onpublic-private partnership. It will carry cargo worth 1,250 tonnes fromKarachi to Lahore. It comprises 25 bogies, he added.