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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq has assured that Pakistan Railways is not affected by the ongoing petrol crisis in the country, claiming it has 17 days oil stock to run the trains without any problem.
He was talking to the media at the Supreme Court premises on Wednesday after appearing in the case of Royal Palm Club on railways land in Lahore.
Saad Rafiq pointed out that when he took over the charge of the railway ministry there was a facility of keeping oil reserves only for a day but he enhanced the size of the inventory first to 14 days and then to 17 days.
He said the railways have made arrangements to transport 5,000 tonnes of furnace oil from Karachi to its depot Sher Shah Mehmood Kot in Multan.
The Royal Palm Golf and Country Club contract, the minister insisted, was a corrupt deal cut with the connivance of the railways officials. The issue of Royal Palm Club is not one of profit or loss but how the contract was awarded, he added.
Meanwhile, during the hearing of the constitutional petition of Ishaq Khan Khakwani, former railways minister, against the award of the contract of Royal Palm Golf and Country Club to Maxcorp Husnain (Pakistan) Limited in 2001, Pakistan railways has rejected the Golf Club management’s 50% share offer in the club’s profit.
He was talking to the media at the Supreme Court premises on Wednesday after appearing in the case of Royal Palm Club on railways land in Lahore.
Saad Rafiq pointed out that when he took over the charge of the railway ministry there was a facility of keeping oil reserves only for a day but he enhanced the size of the inventory first to 14 days and then to 17 days.
He said the railways have made arrangements to transport 5,000 tonnes of furnace oil from Karachi to its depot Sher Shah Mehmood Kot in Multan.
The Royal Palm Golf and Country Club contract, the minister insisted, was a corrupt deal cut with the connivance of the railways officials. The issue of Royal Palm Club is not one of profit or loss but how the contract was awarded, he added.
Meanwhile, during the hearing of the constitutional petition of Ishaq Khan Khakwani, former railways minister, against the award of the contract of Royal Palm Golf and Country Club to Maxcorp Husnain (Pakistan) Limited in 2001, Pakistan railways has rejected the Golf Club management’s 50% share offer in the club’s profit.
