Islamabad
Pakistan Railways has generated around Rs 10 billion revenue through special initiatives and projects initiated by the present government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) which helped in reducing its annual deficit by Rs 4 billion.
The additional revenue had also helped in absorption of Rs 6 billion additional bill in respect of increasing cost of the fuel as well as pay and pension bill.
During the financial year 2018-2019, earning of the department stood at Rs 54.59 billion compared to Rs 49.50 billion for financial year 2017-18 which was the highest revenue ever achieved by the department.
He said the annual deficit lowered from Rs 36.00 billion to Rs 32 billion. —APP
