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Railways’ concessional fares for Ramzan 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways would offer 20 percent discount on advance booking on all classes of its passenger trains during the holy month of Ramzan.

According to a spokesman of Pakistan Railways, 20 percent concession had been announced on all train tickets during Ramzan.

The call was made to offer affordable Railways fares to passengers across the nation ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. The spokesman said the Minister has also directed the authorities to give special concession to passengers during the holidays of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pakistan Railways, Abdul Hameed Razi said that it was an honor for the department that when the transporters hiked fares, Pakistan Railways reduced them for its valued customers.

Abdul Hameed Razi said that Pakistan Railways had announced to reduce its fares on more than two dozen different occasions during the last five years.

RELEVANT PIECE: Khawaja Saad Rafique Railways Minister has ordered the railways administration to ensure respect to families in trains and reserve separate quota reserved for them.

Presiding over a meeting on modernization in the railways through information technology and provision of facilities to passengers held at the railways’ headquarters here on Saturday, he said the families quota should also be defined in online reservation.

He also directed the administration to create awareness among the public regarding special quota for women who were traveling alone so that the train journey could be made more secure and comfortable for them. “Curtains are also being installed in trains to ensure respect to families,” he added.

The minister directed that refund after the departure of the train to passengers should be ensured through one window operation.

He said the process of connecting the issuing or change of tickets in trains during travel with a central computerized network of the railways through hand-held devices had been completed and it was being started in Karakuram Express train as a pilot project.

EXCLUSIVE NPTV PHOTO BY AIMAN INAM

 

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.