On track: Passenger train restored, named after Faiz

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Saad Rafique and Faiz’s daughters, Saleema and Muniza Hashmi, launch the train. PHOTO: ZAHOORUL HAQ/EXPRESS

LAHORE: A train on Narowal section was restored on Sunday and named after poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz.

More than 1,600 people would travel by the Faiz Ahmad Faiz passenger train daily, Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafique said after inaugurating the service.

Family members of Faiz, including Saleema Hashmi and Muniza Hashmi, and Pakistan Railways General Manager Anjum Pervaiz were also present.

Rafique said the train had been named after Faiz to pay tribute to the late poet. He said more trains would be restored on Karachi-Sukkur section.

He steps had been taken to tackle terrorist attacks on train.

The minister said Pakistan Railways had sent a train to bring Sikh pilgrims from India to Lahore but the Indian government did not allow it. The pilgrims had therefore to walk to Wagha border, he said.

Rafique said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan’s rhetoric of change had been exposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). He said the KP government had done nothing for its people. It had just raised the salaries of its cabinet members by up to 150 per cent, he said.

He said Khan had failed to honour the people’s mandate. He said realising that it was losing popularity, the PTI had resorted to staging protest demonstrations.

He said instead of organising agitation the PTI should work for the welfare of people, he said.

He said Pakistan Railways had received an application to make arrangements for a train march by Awami Muslim League President Sheikh Rashid.

“We are looking at the request… we will try to accommodate them without inconveniencing the regular commuters.”

To a question about dynastic politics, he said people had the right to elect whoever they wanted to. He said cooperation among political parties was good for democracy.

On track: Passenger train restored, named after Faiz – The Express Tribune

 

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Rafique said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan’s rhetoric of change had been exposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). He said the KP government had done nothing for its people. It had just raised the salaries of its cabinet members by up to 150 per cent, he said.

His work is appreciated but he doesnt need to talk all this sh*t.

 

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His work is appreciated but he doesnt need to talk all this sh*t.

Its because Fasaadi khan has been barking at him and other PMLN leaders since day one. PMLN deserves to strike once in a while. Fasaadi khan has been given a mandate to run KPK but he has decided to completely turn it down and instead decided to do dirty fasaadi politics to create unrest in Punjab. Little does this idiot know that PMLN has survived these petty attempts for decades and Fasaadi is trying to play with the fire in Punjab, the home of PMLN.