Lahore : Railway minister Azam Khan Swati on Thursday revealed that Pakistan Railways was facing a deficit of 400-500 billion rupees.
Addressing a ceremony at Railway Carriage Factory, Swati told about expenditures and deficits of his ministry. “Railway pays pensions to 1, 32000 employees. Scraps and tickets are being theft. Those who work hard, will get a double reward”, Swati maintained, adding that his ministry will introduce new technology soon to bring reforms to the department.
The minister said that Prime Minister Imran Khan and he will never get blackmailed. “We are introducing modern technology that will enable us to know about ghost workers in Railway” Swati said.
Swati said that national institutions are facing a loss of 1.3 trillion rupees, while the total expenditure of Army is 1.1 trillion rupees. However, we cannot break the ‘status quo’ without technology, the minister said.
Swati, while thanking the defence production department for introducing technology in Railways said that now his department is on right track and people will be hired as per the requirements. “Railway will be a surplus department”, the minister affirmed, adding that it’s his responsibility to ensure his workers’ bread and butter.
