LAHORE: The government won’t give Pakistan People’s Party a freehand in Sindh, Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Sunday with regard to the recent removal of inspector general of police by the PPP.
“The PPP wants its handpicked man to be the IG Sindh,” lamented the minister. “We won’t name the IG of PPP’s choice,” he asserted.
Criticising the PPP leadership, Rafique said Asif Zardari should not talk about corruption and governance, as his party had ruined Sindh with its policies.
Earlier, the minister formally launched the commercial services of modern 4,000-horse power freight engines, which were imported from US.
He said that Pakistan Railways had purchased a total of 55 locomotives from the US, out of which 14 had reached Pakistan, adding that remaining will be provided by July this year.
He said that the purchase of these state-of-the-art engines had been done under the country’s Vision 2025 so that the freight share of Railways could be enhanced.
The minister added that out of 55 engines, 22 will be used for transportation of coal to the Sahiwal Coal Power Plant, while the rest will be used for freight trains.
