Overview
- Karachi Cantt now offers two CIP lounges, three waiting halls, four escalators, upgraded washrooms, POS ticketing, ATMs, updated information desks and a QR code complaint system.
- The Shalimar Express serving the Karachi–Lahore route has been fully refurbished with a new dining car, a live kitchen, free Wi‑Fi and onboard staff assistance.
- Officials said negotiations are underway with the Asian Development Bank for a $2 billion loan to fund rail upgrades, with goals that include links toward Central Asia and revival of the Islamabad–Tehran–Istanbul route.
- The government is moving to outsource 14 trains plus railway hospitals and schools, with assurances on employee protections, while freight operations are being reorganized including a Sindh–federal partnership for Thar coal transport.
- Coverage noted unresolved details, including conflicting claims that either 54 or 154 stations have been modernised and differing attributions for station sanitation between SSWMB and the Karachi Waste Management Company, as Sindh’s chief minister sought KCR backing and possible CPEC inclusion.