230 new train bogies procured to provide better services, Senate told

ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Tuesday that 230 new train bogies had been procured to provide better services to the commuters.

Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati told the upper house during question hour that the country would receive the first consignment of the bogies in three to four months.

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“We have introduced a computerised system to improve the performance and efficiency of the department,” he said.

To a query, Swati said several meetings had been held with Chinese authorities for initiation of work on the up-gradation of ML-1 from Karachi to Peshawar.

He said Prime Minister Imran Khan was visiting Beijing early next month and he had requested him to take up the project with the Chinese president on a priority basis.

“This is a win-win project both for Pakistan and China which will help avert train accidents and cut losses of Pakistan Railways,” he said.

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