{"id":54271,"date":"2019-08-11T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=54271"},"modified":"2020-01-27T05:47:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T05:47:01","slug":"railways-improve-cargo-services-facilitate-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railways-improve-cargo-services-facilitate-businesses.html","title":{"rendered":"Railways to improve cargo services to facilitate businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed recently stated that the railways planned to improve its cargo services in a bid to facilitate commercial activities in Islamabad, according to a news source. He offered assurance that Railways would adopt all possible measures to resolve any issues faced by the business community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cargo-train-requested-by-business-community.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cargo train requested by business community<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He expressed these views during a meeting with a delegation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/icci-demands-fixed-tax-rates-to-facilitate-traders.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI)<\/a>. Minister Rasheed said that the department was open to the idea of forming a public-private partnership and hand over the control of the Islamabad dry port to the ICCI, if they presented a comprehensive proposal for the department\u2019s consideration.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the dry ports of Lahore and Karachi were being run by private establishments and the one in Islamabad could also be handed over to assist the business community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sheikh-rasheed-proposes-oil-transportation-via-railways.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheikh Rasheed proposes oil transportation via Railways<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response, ICCI President Ahmed Hassan Moughal said that by switching to trucks, the cost of goods transportation had spiked and the train service was still the most affordable solution worldwide, if the Railways can improve its cargo services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed recently stated that the railways planned to improve its cargo services in a bid to facilitate commercial activities in Islamabad, according to a news source. He offered assurance that Railways would adopt all possible measures to resolve any issues faced by the business community. Read:\u00a0Cargo train requested by business community He expressed these views during a meeting with a delegation of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI). Minister Rasheed said that the department was open to the idea of forming a public-private partnership and hand over the control of the Islamabad dry port to the ICCI, if they presented a comprehensive proposal for the department\u2019s consideration. He added that the dry ports of Lahore and Karachi were being run by private establishments and the one in Islamabad could also be handed over to assist the business community. Read:\u00a0Sheikh Rasheed proposes oil transportation via Railways In response, ICCI President Ahmed Hassan Moughal said that by switching to trucks, the cost of goods transportation had spiked and the train service was still the most affordable solution worldwide, if the Railways can improve its cargo services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":45540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15153],"tags":[12536],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-trade","9":"tag-details-on-railways-to-improve-cargo-services-to-facilitate-businesses","10":"cat-15012-id","11":"cat-15153-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Railways to improve cargo services to facilitate businesses - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed recently stated that the railways planned to improve its cargo services in a bid to facilitate commercial\" \/>\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\/railways-improve-cargo-services-facilitate-businesses.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Railways to improve cargo services to facilitate businesses - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed recently stated that the railways planned to improve its cargo services in a bid to facilitate commercial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railways-improve-cargo-services-facilitate-businesses.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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