RAWALPINDI – Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed has placed allrest houses for sale to counter Rs40 billion deficit inherited from theprevious government.

Talking to media in Rawalpindi on Thursday, he said that government iscommitted to eliminate corruption from Pakistan Railways as PakistanRailways is facing deficit of Rs40 billion which will be ended as perdirections of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The minister said that any form of corruption will not be tolerated andemployees involved in corruption will be handed over to NationalAccountability Bureau, adding that full cooperations will be provided tothe anti-graft watchdog in this regard.

Rasheed announced that 31 railway stations will be upgraded across thecountry and double track will be laid from Peshawar to Lahore.

He went on to say that we will plant trees on both sides of the trackacross the country to secure the track.

The minister invited private companies to brand rail cabins with theirproduct advertisements as railways tracks are available for rent.