Azam Swati pledges better PR services in one year.

LAHORE -- Railways Minister Azam Khan Swati has said that the difference in the quality of railways services will be visible after one year, with the support of its workers and officers.

Talking to media during his visit to the Pakistan Railways (PR) Mughalpura workshops divisional superintendent office here on Sunday, he said that the PR workers would now never be used for politics, adding that it would be a victory of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government if it could improve lives of labourers.

He said that the country was facing financial constraints and the government would not drag the departments into politics, adding that all-out efforts would be made to make Railways a profit-earning department.

'I have developed every department that had ever been given to me, and I have delivered whatever ministry was handed over to me in the past,' the minister added. He said that the PR needed a direction from the minister, and the rest of the job would be performed by his team, the workers and officer of the department. 'Revival and development of the Railways is my priority,' the minister added.

He said that safety of passengers and workers was important for him and for the good image of the railways. He lauded former minister for railways, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, saying he made a lot of efforts to establish the department on strong footing. The foundations had been laid and now 'my job is to construct a good building on it', he added.

The minister said that the PR was a national entity and the PTI government would uplift it like a modern enterprise.

He requested media to ensure context while publishing his statements.

'Yesterday, I had said that I made functional several bankrupt companies in the USA, and now I will run the PR successfully, with the grace of Allah,' he added. The minister said that it was his...