PAKISTAN RAILWAY

INTRODUCTION

 Pakistan Railways is a Federal Government

Department under Ministry of Railways.
 Pakistan Railways provides an important
mode of Transportation in the farthest
corners of the country and brings them closer
for Business, sight seeing, and education.
 INTRODUCTION

 Government owned organization.

 Dependent entirely on government for
financial support.
 HISTORY

 The possibility of Karachi as a sea port was

first noticed in the middle of 19th century.
 Sir Henry Edward Frere was appointed
Commissioner of Sindh in 1847 .
 It was on 13 May 1861, that the first railway
line was opened for public traffic between
Karachi City and Kotri, a distance of 105 miles
(169 km).
 HISTORY

 At the time of independence, 1,947 miles

(3,133 km) route of North Western Railways
were transferred to India, leaving 5,048 route
miles (8,122 km) to Pakistan.
 At present Pakistan Railway comprises of
8,163 route km, 1,212 stations and 42 train
halts.
 It has a fleet of 546 diesel electric
locomotives, 25,815 wagons and 2,099
passenger coaches.
 AREA`S FOR IMPROVEMENT

 Shortage of Locomotives
 Decreasing Market Share
 Huge Losses and Budget Deficit
 Mismanagement
 Corruption
 Accidents
 No new Development plans
 Electrification
 Shortage of Locomotives

 The Pakistan Railways has a total of 546

locomotives but only 290 are on track while
the rest are out of order.
 Similarly, 70 per cent carriages are out of
service.
 In a report submitted to Railway Ministry, it
has been disclosed that as many as 70
locomotives are awaiting spares at Pakistan
Locomotive Factory, Risalpur.
 Decreasing Market Share

 Railway sector in Pakistan has not

maintained its position in the transport
sector.
 The market share of Pakistan Railways kept
on declining with the passage of time.
 For example, annual passenger volume
carried by Pakistan Railways in late 1970’s
was approx. 145 million, which has come
down to 59 million in 2010/2011.
 Decreasing Market Share

 The freight business was of PR was 15 million

tons in late 1960’s but has come down to 7
million tons.
 Roads have steadily become the more
preferred form of transportation.
 An example of PR’s declining market share is
that it is moving only 11% of total petroleum
products and 2% of the total containers.
 Huge Losses and Budget
Deficit
 The reason for Huge Losses and Budget
Deficit is the presence of unnecessary
departments which are white elephant for
Pakistan Railways.
 Today Pakistan Railways with Rs.334 billion
liabilities is at the edge of bankruptcy
because of corruption, shortage of
locomotives and losses incurred due to the
running expenses.
 Huge Losses and Budget
Deficit
 According to one report Rs 21 billion is spent
on wages and pensions every month leaving
the department less or nothing for
maintenance of power and rolling stocks.
 Another biggest problem is the Railways
Police that takes over Rs 1.5 billion including
emoluments and other facilities followed by
Stores and Purchase.
 Accidents

 The accidents on the railway track rises as time

passes.
 For example, Ghotki train crash
In its travelling in the opposite direction hit several
of the derailed carriages worst accident in recent
years, three passenger trains collided on 13 July
2005, derailing 13 carriages and leaving at least
120 dead. The Karachi Express ran into the back
of the Quetta Express while it was stopped at a
station near Ghotki, and the Tezgam Express.
According to officials, the conductor of the
Karachi Express misread a signal.
 Mismanagement

 Currently Pakistan Railways is facing acute

shortage of locomotives and spare parts for
maintenance of out of service locomotives.
 As per the reports compiled by the design
team, Pakistan Railways need 40 – 50
locomotives annually to run its operations
effectively.
 However, during the past two decades only
100 locomotives have been added.
 Mismanagement

 The management of PR has failed to

generate revenues through use of assets like
land, locomotive factory, carriage factory etc.
 Corruption

 Corruption is the biggest problem Pakistan

Railways is facing today.
 The Railway Department has been suffering
losses since years long. Contractor system is
one of the causes of such losses.
 Contractor system is one of the causes of
such losses.
 Moreover, there are enormous irregularities
in local purchases.
 Corruption

 The number of officers’ cadre has increased

considerably since 1977, mostly due to political
appointments.
 . It has been revealed that the crises are self
generated creating a space for more corruption
and PRACS-Pakistan Railways Advisory
Commute Services is responsible for this mess.
 In short Pakistan Railways is a classic example of
bad governance, poor policies, corruption and
mismanagement.
How to improve these area’s

 First of all government should eradicate

corruption in railways sector. Corruption is the
menace that is destroying many sectors of
Pakistani society.
 Pakistan Railways should be privatized. This is
also the possible solution of problem because
currently government of Pakistan has to bear the
huge losses monthly. Other benefits of
privatization of Pakistan Railways include the
increase in service quality and expansion of
Railways because government has nothing to
invest in PR.
How to improve these area’s

 Government should ask Chinese for help in

order to make it profitable organization
because China has made wonderful progress
in railway industry. It has managed to develop
its railway industry to the point at which it
was able to out-compete the established
systems in Europe and North America in
winning the contract to build a high speed
line connecting Mecca with Medina.
How to improve these area’s

 India is also making impressive strides in the

railway sector. The underground system
in Delhi has won the admiration of many
foreign experts for its engineering as well as
management.
 Pakistan being a neighbor of these two
rapidly growing and giant economies could
benefit enormously from the development of
the two systems.
How to improve these area’s

 Pakistan is blessed with coal reserves and a single

Thar coal reserve of Sindh is about 850 Trillion Cubic
feet which is more than oil reserves of KSA
and Iran put together i.e. 375 billion barrels.
 Chinese and other companies had not only carried
out surveys and feasibilities of this project but also
offered 100 percent investment in last 7 to 8 years
but the “Petroleum Gang” always discouraged them
in a very systematic way. If these reserves are
exploited properly then the deficiency of fuel can be
catered for the railways.
How to improve these area’s

 Pakistan Railways should be privatized. This

is also the possible solution of problem
because currently government of Pakistan
has to bear the huge losses monthly.
 CONCLUSION

 The political interference poor maintenance

of track locomotives couches bridges and
mismanagement in almost every field are the
major causes of failure of Pakistan railways.
 Locomotives purchased from china had been
broken down may be mentioned here that
normally a locomotive consists of six traction
motor while the Pakistan Railway is operating
them with only three or four motors.
 CONCLUSION

 This is the major cause of mid-way of

breakdown of trains.