{"id":103859,"date":"2025-11-10T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103859"},"modified":"2025-11-06T19:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:11:25","slug":"billions-allocated-for-reforms-in-railways-abbasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/billions-allocated-for-reforms-in-railways-abbasi.html","title":{"rendered":"Billions allocated for reforms in Railways: Abbasi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi has said that significant funds have been earmarked to modernise Pakistan Railways, improve connectivity, and enhance operational efficiency across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the minister said that now is the right time to strengthen Pakistan\u2019s economy and urged the business community to show confidence and participate in development initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He shared that the prime minister has given special directives to accelerate railway reforms, under which 400 kilometres of new track are being laid and 484 kilometres are being rehabilitated. Around PKR 2 billion has been allocated for upgrading the Lahore\u2013Rawalpindi single track, aimed at reducing travel time between the two cities to two and a half hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Development work is also underway at major stations, including Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, and Rohri, while approval for the Rohri\u2013Karachi upgrade project, worth another PKR 2 billion, is expected in July. The Narowal section and Lodhran station are also being improved, and a plantation drive covering 2,500 kilometres from Shahdara to Raiwind has been launched to enhance environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railways-to-launch-reko-diq-track.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Railways to launch Reko Diq Track, restore ISB\u2013Tehran\u2013Istanbul Train<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Abbasi noted that Pakistan remains the only country where passenger revenue exceeds freight revenue, calling it a structural issue that needs to be addressed. To correct this imbalance, the railway has begun outsourcing hospitals and schools and will allow the private sector to operate its own locomotives using track access rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional coal trains are being introduced to support industrial activity, including the transportation of materials from the Reko Diq project, he said. For Balochistan\u2019s railway infrastructure, the government has allocated PKR 3.5 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbasi said railway revenues are on an upward trend and expected to continue growing with ongoing reforms and investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LCCI President Faheemur Rehman Saigol appreciated the ministry\u2019s initiatives, calling the transport sector the \u201coxygen of any economy.\u201d He stressed the need to strengthen freight operations to support industries and lauded the reopening of Badami Bagh warehouses as a business-friendly measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that while infrastructure upgrades are welcome, sustainable progress would depend on improving service quality and operational standards to meet global benchmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi has said that significant funds have been earmarked to modernise Pakistan Railways, improve connectivity, and enhance operational efficiency across the country. Speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the minister said that now is the right time to strengthen Pakistan\u2019s economy and urged the business community to show confidence and participate in development initiatives. He shared that the prime minister has given special directives to accelerate railway reforms, under which 400 kilometres of new track are being laid and 484 kilometres are being rehabilitated. Around PKR 2 billion has been allocated for upgrading the Lahore\u2013Rawalpindi single track, aimed at reducing travel time between the two cities to two and a half hours. Development work is also underway at major stations, including Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, and Rohri, while approval for the Rohri\u2013Karachi upgrade project, worth another PKR 2 billion, is expected in July. The Narowal section and Lodhran station are also being improved, and a plantation drive covering 2,500 kilometres from Shahdara to Raiwind has been launched to enhance environmental sustainability. Read: Railways to launch Reko Diq Track, restore ISB\u2013Tehran\u2013Istanbul Train Mr. Abbasi noted that Pakistan remains the only country where&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":61922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[7498,67501,64824,47122,62620,2364,27303,63085,68902,61669],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-economic-growth","9":"tag-freight-operations","10":"tag-hanif-abbasi","11":"tag-infrastructure-development","12":"tag-lahore-chamber-of-commerce","13":"tag-pakistan-railways","14":"tag-public-private-partnership","15":"tag-railway-investment","16":"tag-railway-reforms","17":"tag-transport-sector","18":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Billions allocated for reforms in Railways: Abbasi - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"He stressed the need to strengthen freight operations to support industries and lauded the reopening of Badami Bagh warehouses as....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/billions-allocated-for-reforms-in-railways-abbasi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Billions allocated for reforms in Railways: Abbasi - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"He stressed the need to strengthen freight operations to support industries and lauded the reopening of Badami Bagh warehouses as....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/billions-allocated-for-reforms-in-railways-abbasi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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