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Travel concessions for journalists, senior citizens and disabled persons must be made mandatory in private trains as well

Syed Zeeshan HaiderIslamabad Bureau Chief • Islamabad / Lahore Bureau
Travel concessions for journalists, senior citizens and disabled persons must be made mandatory in private trains as well

📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:

  • KARACHI: The Railway Department issued a notification to implement all legitimate concessional travel facilities in outsourced trains and ma.
  • The Railway Department has also directed the private train operators to provide railway employee passes, PTOs and other special travel privi.
  • The Railway Department says that instructions have been issued several times before to provide concessional travel facilities to private tra.

According to officials, the Pakistan Citizen Portal and the Federal Ombudsman have also received several complaints regarding the non-provision of discounted facilities.

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Syed Zeeshan Haider

News Desk

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