{"id":8818,"date":"2023-01-10T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T07:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=8818"},"modified":"2023-01-10T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T07:04:22","slug":"supreme-court-lambasts-railways-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/supreme-court-lambasts-railways-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Lambasts Railways Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered Pakistan Railways to provide a thorough report on its land use and long-term strategies for increasing profitability.<\/p>\n<p>A railway station, according to Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, is the center of every city and needs to have a hotel, restaurant, and shopping area since passengers also need to go shopping.<\/p>\n<p>The CJP said that there were residential areas 50 feet from railroad tracks in Pakistan, citing a recent incident where a rickshaw collided with a train on the Khanewal-Lahore route killing two people.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/timely-action-of-railway-police-averts-serious-train-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"u8d13c71ffb990a787da86a42029cfc8a\"><style> .u8d13c71ffb990a787da86a42029cfc8a { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .u8d13c71ffb990a787da86a42029cfc8a:active, .u8d13c71ffb990a787da86a42029cfc8a:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u8d13c71ffb990a787da86a42029cfc8a { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u8d13c71ffb990a787da86a42029cfc8a .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u8d13c71ffb990a787da86a42029cfc8a .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u8d13c71ffb990a787da86a42029cfc8a:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">Timely Action of Railway Police Averts Serious Train Accident<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The SC&#8217;s intervention prevented an effort to build a housing society on the property owned by the railway, according to Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, all process land leases ought to be open to the public and subject to the auditor general&#8217;s scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>The court gave the railroad official instructions to present a thorough report that also contains leasing proposition ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, all of the railway quarters in Quetta, according to Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, have been sold.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Attorney General Aamir Rehman took the view that even a single inch of land could not be leased out since the Karachi bench had already ruled this.<\/p>\n<p>The chief judge observed that the court was unable to grant railways a permit to sell and lease the properties. If the railways could put together a thorough business strategy, the bench would take notice, he continued.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/pakistan-railway-takes-action-against-illegally-constructed-cng-station-in-peshawar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"u078e4389b1ac8da3eb24c60b03a857fe\"><style> .u078e4389b1ac8da3eb24c60b03a857fe { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .u078e4389b1ac8da3eb24c60b03a857fe:active, .u078e4389b1ac8da3eb24c60b03a857fe:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u078e4389b1ac8da3eb24c60b03a857fe { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u078e4389b1ac8da3eb24c60b03a857fe .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u078e4389b1ac8da3eb24c60b03a857fe .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u078e4389b1ac8da3eb24c60b03a857fe:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">Pakistan Railway Takes Action Against Illegally Constructed CNG Station in Peshawar<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The court wouldn&#8217;t be impressed, according to CJ Umar Ata Bandial, with a simple mention of billions of rupees.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the improvement of the railway system would be a relief to the ordinary man as it was the lifeline of the nation and that the encroachment surrounding the railroad tracks was growing daily.<\/p>\n<p>The CJP questioned why there wasn&#8217;t a viable railroad system here since one existed in the neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<p>The railway department had leased away precious lands for 100 years for barely Rs. 500 per year, said Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan.<\/p>\n<p>He observed that a housing society had been erected on railway property close to the old Islamabad airport.<\/p>\n<p>According to Justice Ahsan, the railway is an allocated property for operational rather than economic objectives.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/ace-lahore-arrests-railway-land-grabber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"ua298fbb9f5bba50b94deb1649391b56f\"><style> .ua298fbb9f5bba50b94deb1649391b56f { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .ua298fbb9f5bba50b94deb1649391b56f:active, .ua298fbb9f5bba50b94deb1649391b56f:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .ua298fbb9f5bba50b94deb1649391b56f { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .ua298fbb9f5bba50b94deb1649391b56f .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .ua298fbb9f5bba50b94deb1649391b56f .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .ua298fbb9f5bba50b94deb1649391b56f:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">ACE Lahore Arrests Railway Land Grabber<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Passenger trains, freight trains, and leased land are the three sources of revenue for the railroads, according to Muzafar Ranjha, secretary of the ministry of railways.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the railways&#8217; property was underutilized and that they sought to turn it into a revenue stream.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a question, he stated that the railway had made Rs. 62 billion last year as opposed to their goal of Rs. 58 billion.<\/p>\n<p>However, he claimed that the flood cost Pakistan Railways Rs. 628 billion and the department fixed its tracks without help from the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered Pakistan Railways to provide a thorough report on its land use and long-term strategies for increasing profitability. A railway station, according to Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, is the center of every city and needs to have a hotel, restaurant, and shopping area since passengers also need to go shopping. 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