Pakistan Railways announces restoring of KCR.

KARACHI -- Pakistan Railways has announced that it will partially resume the inner-city Karachi Circular Railway service from Monday, November 16-after a 21-year closure.

A spokesperson said that four trains will leave from Landhi and four from Orangi town in the first phase. They will depart at 7am, 10am, 1pm and 4pm.

The KCR is expected to provide relief to commuters and solve the transport crisis in the city.

This comes after the Supreme Court issued a contempt notice to the Sindh chief secretary over his failure to ensure the removal of encroachments from the Karachi Circular Railway track.

A show-cause notice has also been issued to the Railways secretary. The two senior officials have been summoned in person at the next hearing along with the FWO DG.

The project's complete track will start...

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