‘Another 20 VIP passenger trains to hit the rails soon’

FAISALABAD: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said on Tuesday that 20 more VIP passenger trains would hit the rails soon.

“A tendering process is being initiated to upgrade 1,680km-long track of ML-2 and ML-4 in addition to dualization of the Faisalabad-Lahore and Sialkot tracks,” he announced while addressing the business community at the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI).

Rasheed said that the previous rulers had pushed the economy to the verge of collapse. “The present government had put the country in the right direction but it had to take bold and difficult decisions,” he continued.

The minister said FCCI was the first platform that had realised the importance of economic stability and had appreciated the decisions taken by Prime Minister Imran Khan and Finance Minister Asad Umar with regard to economic upliftment.