ISLAMABAD: It is alarming that one side Pakistan Railways (PR) is not paying wages and pensions to its low-skilled workers due to a severe monetary crisis. in ministry, but on on the other hand, its high-ranking officers (babu) enjoy luxurious trips abroad. of without any checks or fears.
According to available documents to PR employees had a number of foreign travel allegedly using funds of Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) of Pakistan Railway.
It revealed in documents that the railroad workers flooded spoiled asceticism drive at the initiative of the federal government. high officials of Pakistan Railways enjoy overseas travel on Name of modernization of Pakistan Railways with modern technology from abroad.
He declared in documents stating that eighty-eight officers of different varieties made visited China on PSDP Foundation. Former federal secretary of Pakistan Railways Zafar Zaman Ranja had previously believed that PR employees were making overseas trips to China. on Expenses of Chinese companies, but documents of Pakistan Railway has clearly mentioned that the costs of these trips of air travel, hotel accommodation and all other benefits and privileges were paid from the fund of the PSDP of Pakistan Railway.
Each officer enjoyed each of his visits to China at least for ten days. While some officers visited China twice and spent 10 to 22 days there on expenses of Pakistan Railways from PSDP is fun.
official the data also makes it clear that the officers made most of these visits to China during year of 2022 Two officers of the 20th category in detail. of Trade and transport group of Pakistan Railways visited China for 10 days, five officers of 19th grade tripped over China for 10 days and one Officer of 18th grade went to China on official tour.
While two officers of 21 class of Railway engineering went to China on Name of official journey twice for 10 days each, eleven officers of Grade 20 made 15 visits to China, fifteen officers of Grade 19 made trip to China and twenty-eight official of 18th grade traveled to China.
Federal Secretary of Railways said in application for media what costs of all of these officers are paid by a Chinese company from which Pakistan Railways buys wagons. But now it turned out in documents confirming all expenses of all of these officers were paid by the PSDP fund and not by a Chinese company. To obtain official version of Pakistan Railways Representative of Pakistan Railway contacted several times but he refused comment on This.
