Pakistan Railways lost Rs500 billion amid floods: CEO Railways.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Railways has suffered infrastructural damages of Rs500 billion amid devastating floods in the country, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Railways told the National assembly's Railway Committee, media reported.

'Looks like our tracks are under the ocean at multiple locations,' CEO Farrukh Taimoor.

CEO Railways Farrukh Taimoor briefed the Railway Committee of the National Assembly about damages caused to the infrastructure. Railways have suffered damage of over Rs500 billion, Farrukh told.

He told that at certain locations their repair teams were met with flooding while they were working. The department does not have enough funds to pay employees' salaries, he added.

The CEO added that the suspension of train operations at multiple routes has...

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