Its not just Sins of Raffique but Swati, and many who came before these two because Railway today stands somewhat same as decades ago..PML-N leader in response asks govt to not play with lives of travellers and take steps for improvement of railways
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that incumbent railways minister cannot be blamed for the “incompetence” of his predecessor, PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique.
“Why should Azam Swati [railways minister] resign over the sins committed by Saad Rafique,” he said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad after train collision incident which claimed the lives of at least 40 passengers and left dozens injured.
The minister claimed that the due to the lack of investment by the previous governments all institutions including railways were in tatters.
Fawad said PTI-led government was the first in country that initiated mega ML-1 project for the up-gradation of the railways.
The minister said that investigation into the cause of incident was underway and as soon as any headway was made the findings would be made public.
Former railways minister Rafique expressed regret over the minister’s allegations, saying that the time was not appropriate for mudslinging.
The PML-N leader in a video statement urged the government to “not play with the lives of travellers” and take steps for improvement of the railways.
He said the PTI-led government had destroyed the railways and did not do any work for its improvement.
Rafique said the ML-1 project was initiated during the last tenure of PML-N under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and added that the project was delayed due to the incompetence of incumbent rulers.
A collision between two passenger express trains in Sindh's Ghotki district killed at least 40 people and injured scores more on Monday, with the death toll likely to rise as rescuers were still trying to access several mangled coaches.
According to Pakistan Railway (PR) officials, the collision occurred between the Millat Express, which was en-route from Karachi to Sargodha and Sir Syed Express, coming from Rawalpindi. The mishap occurred between Raiti and Obaro railway stations.
A spokesperson of PR added that the accident occurred after the coaches of one train, the Millat Express, derailed and fell across the opposite track, where they were hit by another train, the Sir Syed Express.
'Why should Swati resign for sins committed by Rafique' | The Express Tribune
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With all due respect ML-1 was a good project but lines are based on still same technologies and then trains are still comprised of old arse engines and carriages
PM IK needs to hold the minister and ministry accountable for this fiasco, you can't have two standards.
Ch. Fawwad is wrong here, ML-1 expansion and upgradation was initiated by PMLN. Instead of deflecting and passing ills on previous government, he should introspect a bit, and accept negligence of his own government. It's been almost 3 years since PTI has come into power, they should start taking responsibility for their own faults.
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Here,
Fawad did his job in each ministry he was assigned but surely he does sh*t acts now and then
Fawad has been in several ministry's for musharaf commander in chief, ppp Chor and now with his holiness Pharaoh. He is not a champion of the public. He is a true PTI person
That is bigotry to the idiotic proportions. For how long these idiots will keep blaming the previous governments for their own corruption, mismanagement, incompetency? It's almost three years now that this government is running the country. Because of the incompetency of Asad Omar, Pak economy was ruined and these liars kept blaming previous government for the steep down fall of our economy. Shame on them.PML-N leader in response asks govt to not play with lives of travellers and take steps for improvement of railways
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that incumbent railways minister cannot be blamed for the “incompetence” of his predecessor, PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique.
“Why should Azam Swati [railways minister] resign over the sins committed by Saad Rafique,” he said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad after train collision incident which claimed the lives of at least 40 passengers and left dozens injured.
The minister claimed that the due to the lack of investment by the previous governments all institutions including railways were in tatters.
Fawad said PTI-led government was the first in country that initiated mega ML-1 project for the up-gradation of the railways.
The minister said that investigation into the cause of incident was underway and as soon as any headway was made the findings would be made public.
Former railways minister Rafique expressed regret over the minister’s allegations, saying that the time was not appropriate for mudslinging.
The PML-N leader in a video statement urged the government to “not play with the lives of travellers” and take steps for improvement of the railways.
He said the PTI-led government had destroyed the railways and did not do any work for its improvement.
Rafique said the ML-1 project was initiated during the last tenure of PML-N under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and added that the project was delayed due to the incompetence of incumbent rulers.
A collision between two passenger express trains in Sindh's Ghotki district killed at least 40 people and injured scores more on Monday, with the death toll likely to rise as rescuers were still trying to access several mangled coaches.
According to Pakistan Railway (PR) officials, the collision occurred between the Millat Express, which was en-route from Karachi to Sargodha and Sir Syed Express, coming from Rawalpindi. The mishap occurred between Raiti and Obaro railway stations.
A spokesperson of PR added that the accident occurred after the coaches of one train, the Millat Express, derailed and fell across the opposite track, where they were hit by another train, the Sir Syed Express.
'Why should Swati resign for sins committed by Rafique' | The Express Tribune
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the incumbent railways minister cannot be blamed for the 'incompetence' of his predecessorFawad rubbishes demands for Swati's resignation after Ghotki train collision
Following the twin train collision in Sindh's Ghotki — that led to over 40 deaths and left more than 100 injured — Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Monday Federal Minister...
yes that is why khatti train is a electoral move which shows that, it was done at the cost of national interest as highlighted by Javaid Chaudhry's column. IF mian's party had bothered with making ML-1 priority than today genuinely people would be doing wah mian ji wah. But it wasn't to be.
okay.
Lolx so only because he has been in ministries for others that makes him incompetent? If he has worked in portfolios he was assigned then he should be appreciated.. being a lota is a separate issue as for Sheeda talli he his all talk no action type of a person.
Ask Nawaz Sharif and Saad Rafique
