Pakistan railway track record (1955-2018)

 Pakistan railway track record:

Pakistan railway has not been on track because of a lot of challenges.

·         Poor governance

·         Political interference

·         Corruption

·         Lacking human capital

·         Poor infrastructure

·         Huge deficit

 

Pakistan railway profits and losses between 1955 & 2018

YEAR	EARNINGS	TOTAL EXPENSES	VALUE	PROFIT/LOSS SHARE IN EARNINGS
1950-55	315.139 (M)	209.712	105.427	33.45 (M)
1955-60	420.114 (M)	251.296	168.818	40.18 (M)
1960-70	645.615 (M)	479.318	116.297	25.76 (M)
1975-80	2115.474 (M)	1701.72	413.754	19.56 (M)
1985-90	5094.862	6785.465	-1690.603	-33.18 (M)
1995-2000	5446.07	9528.494	-4082.424	-74.96 (M)
2000-2005	14451.25	14847.02	-395.73	-2.74 (M)
2005-2010	20478.61	23519.34	-3040.73	-68.3 (M)
2010-2015	21370.2	35965.61	-14595.4	-14.42 (M)
2016-2017	40064.95	50072.32	-10007.375	-24.98 (M)
2017-2018	49569.68	52070.74	-2501.064	-5.05 (M)

 

 

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN PAKISTAN RAILWAY:

ü lack of human resource management

ü nepotism

ü political involvement

ü political and personal interests are involved in placement and transfer of employees

ü merit issues and lack of job security

There are a lot of political interference in Pakistan railways. Pakistan railways administration states that merit and job security assignments are their primary concerns. There is declining trend in the number of employees in Pakistan railways. This contributed greatly to be collapse of the Pakistani railway.

POOR INFRACTURE OF PAKISTAN RAILWAYS:

Poor infrastructure also contributes in the distraction of Pakistan railway.

Most of the Pakistan railway resources includes,

ü  physical infrastructure has been used to their full potential & are no longer productive.

ü  Disrupting the effectiveness of the work

ü  Infrastructure development has been identified as the primary concern

ü  Maintained & repair expenditures are the major contributing factor to overcall operating costs

TICKETLESS TRAVELLING IN PAKISTAN RAILWAYS:

ü  Travelling without a ticket on Pakistan railways also occurs quite frequently.

ü  Due to which creates losses in Pakistan railways.

ü  This unethical activity is most apparent on branch lines. Where it is believed to occurs with the support of railways police & ticket verifiers.

ü  Too increase monetary gains Pakistan’s railways must improve administration to protect these leaks.

 

BELOW TABLE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PASSANGERS & THE FINES THEY FACED:

YEAR	CASE DETECTED NO	AMOUNT REALIZED (PKR)
2015-16	90,510	24,304,566
2016-17	66,602	26,794,960
2017-18	42,206	22,531,675

 

CORRUPTION:

ü  Corruption destroys the confidence of citizens in the public sector. Public sector is largely prey to corruption.

ü  Overcoming these corrupt activities among government officials is a major pre-occupation of the establishment. In order to overcome corruption at the micro & macro level.