MULTAN: Federal minister for railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq disclosed on Friday that Pakistan Railways was going to introduce e-ticketing system very soon which would enable the citizens to get their tickets booked from their homes.
Addressing the members of Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), the minister added that the automation of ticketing would also abolish the sale of tickets in black. He further revealed that 80 per cent work on the e-ticketing system had been done and it would begin a new era of train travel.
He further revealed that the computerisation of lands and properties owned by the Pakistan Railways had also been launched. He added that the Pakistan Railway owned 167000 acres of land and it was likely that 15000 acres would increase due to the computerisation process. He said that some land of Railway was in possession of provinces and the department was faced with difficulty to get the possession. “Now KP has given us the land while other provinces are still non-cooperative and we might need to move Supreme Court for this purpose,” he disclosed.
He said that he had taken the charge of Railway ministry three years ago but still a new problem surfaced every other day. “We fix it and move forth,” he added.
