Overview
- Pakistan Railways said passenger earnings hit roughly Rs110 million, Rs170 million, and over Rs200 million across the three Eid days, totaling Rs480 million for the period and topping Rs1 billion for the full week.
- Railways Minister Muhammad Hanif Abbasi credited recent policies for the boost and told officials to speed up work on better stations, cleaner coaches, and other passenger facilities.
- The government highlighted a three-year plan to upgrade the Karachi–Rohri mainline to raise speeds, add capacity, and improve safety on a key corridor.
- Business Recorder reported the weekly receipts crossing Rs1 billion and quoted analysts urging caution, while Dunya News emphasized the three-day Rs480 million figure and the minister’s praise for reforms.
- Pakistan Railways remains a loss-making operator due to aging tracks, slow trains, high costs, and road competition, and experts say sustained gains will require reliable service, track modernization, better use of assets, and expansion of higher-margin freight.