{"id":64029,"date":"2020-04-14T12:02:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64029"},"modified":"2020-04-14T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:02:11","slug":"train-operations-remain-suspended-till-april-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/train-operations-remain-suspended-till-april-24.html","title":{"rendered":"Train operations to remain suspended till April 24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to extend the suspension of its passenger train services till April 24 due to the ongoing COVID-19 breakout, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-cases-lahores-samanabad-dha-parts-cantt-other-areas-sealed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19 Cases: Lahore\u2019s Samanabad, DHA, parts of Cantt and other areas sealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said that the ministry would deliberate over reopening the train services after April 24, and reach a consensus after consulting with Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and other senior government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:  <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bahria-town-lahore-partially-locked-down-22-test-positive-covid-19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Bahria Town Lahore partially locked down after 22 test positive for COVID-19<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While passenger trains services have been stopped for now, the minister did say that the freight trains services would continue. He added that the PR had also offered the government to utilise trains as quarantine centres at the Chaman and Taftan Border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> Read:  <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/water-consumption-lahore-surges-30-wasa-sets-up-helpline-address-complaints.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Water consumption in Lahore surges by 30%; WASA sets up helpline to address complaints<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, the PR announced the suspension of its passenger train services to contain the spread of the coronavirus till March 31, and later, extended it to April 14 as the number of coronavirus cases increased. Last week, Rasheed informed that if the lockdown was lifted, the ministry was ready to run about twenty trains. He informed that meanwhile, the PR was suffering a loss of PKR 1 billion on a weekly basis due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-for-lockdown-extension-enforce-stricter-measures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19 lockdown (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19 lockdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to extend the suspension of its passenger train services till April 24 due to the ongoing COVID-19 breakout, a news source reported. Read: COVID-19 Cases: Lahore\u2019s Samanabad, DHA, parts of Cantt and other areas sealed As per the publication, Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said that the ministry would deliberate over reopening the train services after April 24, and reach a consensus after consulting with Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and other senior government officials. Read: Bahria Town Lahore partially locked down after 22 test positive for COVID-19 While passenger trains services have been stopped for now, the minister did say that the freight trains services would continue. He added that the PR had also offered the government to utilise trains as quarantine centres at the Chaman and Taftan Border. Read: Water consumption in Lahore surges by 30%; WASA sets up helpline to address complaints Previously, the PR announced the suspension of its passenger train services to contain the spread of the coronavirus till March 31, and later, extended it to April 14 as the number of coronavirus cases increased. Last week, Rasheed informed that if the lockdown was lifted, the ministry&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":61922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[25374,26139,2364,21895],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-covid-19-lockdown","8":"tag-federal-minister-for-railways-sheikh-rashid-ahmad","9":"tag-pakistan-railways","10":"tag-prime-minister-pm-imran-khan"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Train operations to remain suspended till April 24 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to extend the suspension of its passenger train services till April 24 due to the ongoing COVID-19 breakout\" \/>\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\/train-operations-remain-suspended-till-april-24.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Train operations to remain suspended till April 24 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to extend the suspension of its passenger train services till April 24 due to the ongoing COVID-19 breakout\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/train-operations-remain-suspended-till-april-24.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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