Mughulpura Dryport to open next week: minister.

LAHORE -- Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has announced that Mughulpura Dryport would be opened the next week for freight operations for Karachi.

Addressing a press conference at the Railway headquarters here on Saturday, he said that the dryport had been closed for the last six years. He said that coal loading and unloading from Faisalabad would also be possible from Feb 1.

The minister said that the year 2020 was the year of freight, adding that the current regime had increased the number of freight trains from seven to 15 and the target of 20 freight trains would be achieved during this year.

He also announced operating a shuttle train between Lahore and Gujranwala from...

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