Cabinet committee takes notice of encroachments on PR land.

ISLAMABAD -- The Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms on Friday has shown serious concerns over the encroachment of Pakistan Railways' land from Karachi to Peshawar.

The meeting was presided over by the Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood.

The committee also reviewed the progress on Pakistan Railways' restructuring plan.

Secretary Pakistan Railways Habib-ur-Rehman Gilani briefed the committee on governance reforms, operational reforms, financial reforms, automation reforms and human resource and capacity building in Pakistan Railways.

Shafqat Mahmood noted that people have established their settlement, civic facilities like electricity and natural gas connections have been installed, link roads and streets being developed on Railways land. If the issue was not timely resolved, it may jeopardize the whole ML1 mega project of Pakistan Railways, he added.

The committee suggested the Pakistan Railways to hire the consultants and to set up a separate directorate of Pakistan Railways to deal with the issue of encroachment on priority basis. Out of...