WAQAR MEMON MC/153 Article extended
Railway is considered
most cheapest and comfortable mean for travelling. It has been the only mean of
transport for travelling city to city. Pakistan has a full-fledged ministry,
known as as Pakistan Railway Ministry, with Shaikh Rasheed as its minister.
Other than
private roadside transports there are some other causes of failures of Pakistan
Railways is not only the cheapest mode of travel but this public state
enterprise is also the largest civilian employer in the country. However, over
the years, lack of attention poor policies, increasing expenditures,
misappropriation of funds, pilferage and nepotism and most recently, the floods
have left the railways with huge shortfalls running in billions of rupees.
Pakistan
Railway was part of great railway network laid by British government in
colonial India. After Independence it was renamed as Pakistan Western Railway
(1947-74). After independence of Bangladesh it was named as Pakistan Railways.
In 1858 Sir Henry Edward Frere the then Commissioner of Sindh, sought
permission from Lord Dalhousie to begin a survey for a Karachi seaport and a
railway line. On May 13th, 1861 the first railway line was opened for the
public, between Karachi and Kotri, with a total distance of 105 miles (169 km).
Pakistan Railways at the time of independence, 1,947 route miles (3,133 km) of North
Western Railways were transferred to India, leaving 5,048 route miles (8,122
km) to Pakistan.
Pakistan Railway is a state-owned rail
transport service with its, headquartered in Lahore and administered by the federal
government. Pakistan Railway provides an important mode of transportation
throughout Pakistan. It plays an important role in bringing the far flung areas
of the country closer for the purpose of business, pilgrimage, education, jobs,
sightseeing, and many other important services.
Pakistan
Railway experiencing huge financial losses since years, according to AF
Ferguson & Co railways losses were estimated Rs.30 billion in 2012-13.
It was running into losses instead of making revenues. Reports revealed that Pakistan
railways sustained losses during
financial years 2013-14 Rs.32 billion, Rs.27 billion in 2014-15, Rs.26 billion
in 2015-16 and in 2016-17 Rs.40 billion.
“The organization, it is imperative, be run with proper planning and in a proficient manner,” the report said adding that “the present situation of the railways is the result of poor planning for last 70 years”.
“The organization, it is imperative, be run with proper planning and in a proficient manner,” the report said adding that “the present situation of the railways is the result of poor planning for last 70 years”.
Total revenue from 2012 to 2017 was
Rs.147 billion and loss was Rs.155 billion. Constant fall in earnings of the
Pakistan Railways has been the prime reason for the continuous loss it is
suffering.
Pakistan
Railway had very good track infrastructure at that time that was built by
Britain. Pakistan Railway was running very successfully getting a lot of money
for the economy, employing more than 80000 people with more than 80 million
passengers a year. Railway also started electric powered trains in some
regions.
Over the years,
lack of attention, poor policies, nepotism and misappropriation of funds have
left the railways with deficits running in billions of rupees. The industrial
units of railways are running at loss. The locomotive factory, sleeper
factories and the carriage factory as well as the other large manufacturing
units of railways needs to be converted into autonomous corporations. The political
interference, nepotism, corruption, poor maintenance of tracks & bridges
and mismanagement in almost every field are the major causes of failure of
Pakistan Railways. Pakistan Railways purchased 69 completely built locomotive
units from China under 2003 agreement. These are about 37% cheaper than the
European locomotives but considered to be faulty. It is stated that 32 of these
have already been scrapped. Dong Fang Electric Corporation has been severely
criticized for producing low quality locomotives.
There are
various reasons for the downfall of Pakistan Railway, like Consumer
Dissatisfaction, Corruption and Mismanagement, Crowded Platforms, Less
investment and providing late budget, Fuel shortage, Disasters (floods, storms
and riots) Nature has not been too kind to Pakistan Railways either. According
to the National Disaster Management Authority, the floods have caused a loss of
Rs.6.7 billion to the railway network as several hundred kilometers of lines
were washed away. But corruption is the major problem of the system and it’s
leading the way to the losses of the governments and state owned corps, and most
of the complaints are about extremely low quality of services. Normally trains
are too late and passengers can be seen sitting at platforms with their
luggage. A number of trains lack facility of light at nights because of the
failure of the generators and ill attitude of management authority. There are
complaints that reservation is confirmed after receiving bribe of hundred or
more rupees from passengers. Pakistan Railways is no more the best choice to
travel for the passengers.
After 1973
Pakistan Railways budget was merged with the national budget with the result
that the profit they earned was diverted to other heads, leaving less and less
for its maintenance, expansion and improvement. On the other hand, the government
spent three times more on road sector. It was this combination of neglect to
railways and preference to roads, which is the root cause of the present malady
of Pakistan Railways. Ministry of Railways, which is responsible for providing
funds for the maintenance and development of the provision of the railway network
has no long-term framework for capital support to perform these roles.
Pakistan
Railways has been playing a very vital role in social, economic and political
development of Pakistan. Employing more than 80,000 persons, employment
indirectly to at least ten times more contributes substantially to the GDP of
the country, with more than 80 million passengers every year. Being the
cheapest mode of transportation of goods and commuting passengers, it has been
the hinge of Pakistan’s development and now it’s being replaced with private
roadside transports like CNG buses, Daewoo Express, Kohistan, Khan Brothers,
Niazi Express, AKC Express and some other private transport companies.
Like other
developing countries Pakistan should realize the importance of technologies and
internet and use their tracks on several online maps and travel help guide
services to enhance the user experience and let the public select the train by
checking the expected time on traveling, using maps like Google Maps this will
easily give access to the public to not face their employees bad attitudes.
Another attempt could help Pakistan railway to rise and shine again and help
the economy is to privatize railways. This will stop the corruption and
nepotism and it will eventually raise the customers’ satisfaction. The PTCL is
the best example of privatizing a company, today it is not only a profitable
organization but also providing excellent services to the customers. Corruption
in Pakistan Railways can only be removed by privatization of Pakistan Railways
so Proper check and balance will be observed and corruption will be controlled.
There are some
other ways to raise the Pakistan Railways again on tracks with better response
of citizen like New engines for safe and faster travels, Double track system
and Timing & Scheduling to ensure the timely arrivals and double up the
transport measures, Separation of production and operation, Security system
should be improved so everyone could travel without any loss of their goods.
Downfall
of Pakistan Railway
Travelling
or we can say tourism is one of the most important departments of any state and
railway system is one of the most important transports while travelling city to
city. Pakistan also owns one as Pakistan Railway Ministry, which controls
Pakistan’s Railway system. Shaikh Rasheed is current Railway Minister from
Pakistan’s National Assembly.
Pakistan
railway was founded in 1947 after the independence. Pakistan Railway was also
known as Pakistan Western Railway (1947-74) before Pakistan’s independence in 1858Sir
Henry Edward Frere, appointed as the commissioner of Sind, sought permission
from lord Dalhousie to begin a survey for a Karachi seaport and a railway line.
On May 13th, 1861 the first railway line was opened to the public, between Karachi
and Kotri, with a total distance of 105 miles (169 km). Pakistan Railways at
the time of independence, 1,947 route miles (3,133 km) of north western
railways were transferred to India, leaving 5,048 route miles (8,122 km) to Pakistan.
Pakistan
Railway is a national state-owned rail transport service of Pakistan,
head-quartered in Lahore and administered by the federal government under the
Ministry of Railways. Pakistan Railway provides an important mode of
transportation throughout Pakistan. It plays an important role in bringing the
farthermost corners of the country closer for the purpose ofsightseeing,
business, pilgrimage,education and many other important service.
Pakistan Railway
is on the way through the loss since years, according toAF Ferguson & Co railways losses were RS30 billion
in 2012-13, Pakistan railways was going Into losses instead of making revenues,
reports revealed that during financial years 2013-14 Rs32 Billion, Rs27 billion
in 2014-15, Rs26 Billion in 2015-16 and in 2016-17 Rs40 billion were the losses
Pakistan railways faced.
“The organization, it is imperative, be run with proper planning and in a proficient manner,” the report said adding that “the present situation of the railways is the result of poor planning for last 70 years”.
“The organization, it is imperative, be run with proper planning and in a proficient manner,” the report said adding that “the present situation of the railways is the result of poor planning for last 70 years”.
Total revenue from 2012 to 2017 was Rs147
Billion and loss was Rs155 Billion.Constant fall in earnings of the Pakistan
Railways has been the prime reason for the continuous losses it is suffering.
Pakistan Railway
had very good track infrastructure at that time that was built by Britain.
Pakistan railway was running very successfully getting a lot of money for the
economy, Employing more than 80000 persons, with more than 80 Million
passengers a year, railway also started electric powered trains for some regions.
Over the
years, lack of attention, poor policies, nepotism and misappropriation of funds
have left the railways with deficits running in billions of rupees. The
industrial units of railways are running at loss. The locomotive factory,
sleeper factories and the carriage factory as well as the other large
manufacturing units of railways needs to be converted in to autonomous
corporationsthe political interference, nepotism,
corruption, poor maintenance of tracks & bridges and mismanagement in
almost every field are the major causes of failure of Pakistan Railways.
Pakistan Railways purchased 69 completely built locomotive units from China
under 2003 agreement. These are about 37% cheaper than the European locomotives
but considered to be faulty. It is stated that 32 of these have already been
scrapped. Dong Fang Electric Corporation has been severely criticized for
producing low quality locomotives.
There are
various reasons of the downfall of the Pakistan Railway, like Consumer Dissatisfaction,
Corruption and Mismanagement, Crowded Platforms, Less investment and providing
late budget, Fuel shortage, Disasters (floods, storms and riots) Nature has not
been too kind to Pakistan Railways either. According to the National Disaster
Management Authority, the floods have caused a loss of Rs.6.7 billion to the
railway network as several hundred kilometers of lines were washed away.But corruption
is the major problem of the system and it’s leading the way to the losses of
the governments and state owned corps, and most of the complaints are about
extremely low quality of services. Naturally trains are too late and passengers
can be seen sitting at platforms with their luggage. A number of trains lack
facility of light at nights because of the failure of the generators and ill
attitude of management. There are complaints that reservation is confirmed
after receiving bribe of hundred or more rupees by passengers.Pakistan Railways
is no more the best choice to travel for the passengers.
After 1973
Pakistan Railways' budget was merged with the national budget with the result
that the profit they earned was diverted to other heads, leaving less and less
for its maintenance, expansion and improvement. On the other hand, the
Government spent three times more on road sector. It was this combination of
neglect to railways and preference to roads, which is the root cause of the
present malady of Pakistan Railways. Ministry of Railways, which is responsible
for providing funds for the maintenance and development of the provision of the
railway network has no long-term framework for capital support to perform these
roles.
Pakistan
Railways has been playing a very vital role in social, economic and political
development of Pakistan. Employing more than 80,000 persons, Employment
indirectly to at least ten times more contributes substantially to the GDP of
the country. With more than 80 million passengers every year. Being the
cheapest mode of transportation of goods and commuting passengers, it has been
the hinge of Pakistan’s development and now it’s being replaced with private
roadside transports like CNG buses, Daewoo Express, Kohistan, Khan Brothers, Niazi
Express, AKC Express and some other private transport companies.
Other than
private roadside transports there are some other causes of Failures of Pakistan
Railways Pakistan railways is not still not only the cheapest mode of travel.
But this public state enterprise is also the largest civil employer in the
country. However, over the years, lack of attention poor policies, increasing
expenditures, misappropriation of funds, pilferage and nepotism and most
recently, the floods have left the railways with huge shortfalls running in
billions of rupees and.
Like other
developing countries Pakistan government should realize the importance of
technologies and internet and use their tracks on several online maps and
travel help guide services to enhance the user experience and let the public
select the train by checking the expected time on traveling, using maps like
Google Maps this will easily give access to the public to not to face their
employees bad attitudes. Another attempt could help Pakistan railway to rise
and shine again and help the economy is to privatize railways this will stop
the corruption and nepotism and it will eventually raise the customers
satisfaction the PTCL is the best example of privatizing a company today it is
not only a profitable organization but also providing excellent services to the
customers. Corruption in Pakistan Railways can only be removed by privatization
of Pakistan Railways so Proper check and balance will be observed and
corruption will be controlled.
There are
some other ways to raise the Pakistan Railways again on tracks with better
response of citizen like New engines for safe and faster travels, Double track
system and Timing & Scheduling to ensure the timely arrivals and double up
the transport measures, Separation of production and operation, Security system
should be improved so everyone could travel without any loss of their goods.
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Downfall of
Pakistan Railway.
Travelling or we can say tourism is one of the most
important departments of any state and railway system is one of the most
important transports while travelling city to city. Pakistan also owns one as
Pakistan Railway Ministry, which controls Pakistan’s Railway system. Shaikh
Rasheed is the Railway Minister from Pakistan’s national Assembly.
Pakistan railway is the national, state owned railway
company of Pakistan; Pakistan railway was founded in 1947 after the
independence. Pakistan Railway was also known as Pakistan Western Railway
(1947-74). As it is important source of transportation throughout Pakistan therefore
it’s the state owned railway, Pakistan railway plays an important role of
transportation throughout Pakistan, Pakistan railway is a federal government
department under Ministry of Railways, recently Pakistan railways is in crisis.
Pakistan railway is on the way through the loss since years,
according to AF Ferguson & Co railways losses were RS30 billion in 2012-13,
Pakistan railways was going Into losses instead of making revenues, reports
revealed that during financial years 2013-14 Rs32 Billion, Rs27 billion in
2014-15, Rs26 Billion in 2015-16 and in 2016-17 Rs40 billion were the losses
Pakistan railways faced.
“The organization, it is imperative, be run with proper planning and in a proficient manner,” the report said adding that “the present situation of the railways is the result of poor planning for last 70 years”.
“The organization, it is imperative, be run with proper planning and in a proficient manner,” the report said adding that “the present situation of the railways is the result of poor planning for last 70 years”.
Total revenue from 2012 to 2017 was Rs147 Billion and loss
was Rs155 Billion.
Pakistan railway had very good track infrastructure at that
time that was built by Britain. Pakistan railway was running very successfully
getting a lot of money for the economy, Employing more than 80000 persons, with
more than 80 Million passengers a year, railway also started electric powered
trains for some regions.
Over the years, lack of attention, poor policies, nepotism
and misappropriation of funds have left the railways with deficits
running in billions of rupees. The industrial units of railways are running at
loss. The locomotive factory, sleeper factories and the carriage factory as
well as the other large manufacturing units of railways needs to be converted
in to autonomous corporations
There are various reasons of the downfall of the Pakistan
railway, like consumer dissatisfaction, corruption and mismanagement,
corruption is the only way to the losses of the governments and state owned
corps, and most of the complaints are about extremely low quality of services.
Bad attitude of the employees toward passengers.
Like other developing countries Pakistan government should
realize the importance of technologies and internet and use their tracks on
several online map and travel help guide services to enhance the user
experience and let the public select the train by checking the expected time on
traveling, using maps like Google Maps this will easily give access to the
public to not to face their employees bad attitudes. Another attempt could help
Pakistan railway to rise and shine again and help the economy is to privatize
railways this will stop the corruption and nepotism and it will eventually
raise the customers satisfaction the PTCL is the best example of privatizing a
company.
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