LAHORE – The Pakistan Railways has generated record revenue of Rs41 billion during July-December 2023 as compared with Rs28b during the same period of last fiscal year.
The revenue generation is Rs13b more than the first half of last financial year.
The PR has generated Rs24b from passenger trains, Rs11.5b from freight trains and Rs5.5b from other sectors.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) PR Amer Baloch has termed proper utilization of available resources and hard work of employees as main reasons behind surge in revenue generation. He said that the PR has not taken any grant from the federal government. Besides that, he said, no additional expenses have been made for increasing revenue.
“We are hopeful of achieving annual target in 11 months. Delays in salaries have been minimized. We are working to improve passenger services”, he said.
