ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed has said that everything was mentioned in the business plan by the Railways except when and how this plan will be implemented.
A three member bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed heard the railway deficit case while on the court orders Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed and Planning Minister Asad Umar appeared before the court.
During the hearing, Sheikh Rashid assured the top judge to resolve the matters of railways as soon as possible over which, the CJP thanked him and said that this work will facilitate the nation.
The CJ ordered the railway minister to start the work on the Circular Railway project within a month and complete it in a three months. To which the Minister planning said it will be not be possible, on which, the CJ ordered him don’t interrupt adding that he (the minister) don’t know what is going on and people are in trouble.
During course of the hearing, the CJ asked Shiekh Rasheed “when are you going to innumerate the circular railway project?on which the Minister replied that there is lots of high rise buildings on the tracks of the circular railway and he can’nt give the court a time frame adding that several building razed yesterday and the Sindh government is also assisting.
At the occasion,the CJ remarked that “why are you handing over the circular railways to Sindh government as it is not delivering and doing so it will be resulted into like situation of Karachi transport.
Justice Gulzar further asked about the Main Line 1 and elevated train project. All the issues of railways will be settled if the department sells its five properties, he added.
The CJP said that ML1 is a long story over which, the minister said that the tender of this project is going to take place after 14 years.
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