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ASSIGNMENT 3

 The State of 

Pakistan; RailwayArticle by: Amer !"rrani

Ayesha #ahee$S%&'(R&&())*

To: Mr Nadeem Bukhari

4/17/2014

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Acknowledgment This article has been taken from:

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I em%hasi/e$ on mana0ement an$ control1 re0ar$in0 the rele2ancethat how 0o2ernment sector fails to tackle the iss"es of 0o2ernance,i0hli0hte$ iss"es of fall of Pakistan railway, An$ s"00este$ waysaccor$in0 to the article1 that how can they work for betterment,

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The State O !aki"tan #$ailwa%&4Railways are an im%ortant mo$e of trans%ort, They are moreeconomical1 en2ironmentally less ha/ar$o"s1 easier to sec"re an$ saferas com%are$ to roa$ trans%ort, 5or all these reasons1 railways aree6tremely im%ortant for social an$ economic mobility in Pakistan,#hether we talk of intra(city1 re0ional1 "rban1 frei0ht or %assen0errailways1 in Pakistan there is only one railways ser2ices %ro2i$er1Pakistan Railways 7PR8, 4

'ecline O !aki"tan $ailwa%:PR9s $ecline starte$ in the &)s with the c"rtailment of its a"tonomyan$ %olitical interference in its a<airs, =ne can %robably write abestseller on the ca"ses of the $emise of the PR, Interference from%oliticians an$ b"rea"cracy1 inability to "%0ra$e rollin0 stock an$ >6e$infrastr"ct"re1 inability to mo$erni/e mana0ement %ractices an$

mismana0ement an$ corr"%tion are the core reasons for this $emise,5or now1 let "s foc"s on the last >2e years an$ see what has ca"se$the state of a<airs at PR to 0o from ba$ to worse,

(a%" To )m*ro+e:!isasters are o%%ort"nities in $is0"ise, Almost no %"blic railwayor0ani/ation in the worl$ has been able to reform itself, This is beca"sethere are no incenti2es for them to $o so, They kee% 0ettin0 s"%%ortfrom the e6che?"er to im%ro2e @eciencies9 an$ @economies91 whichthey can act"ally ne2er really $o, To be ecient an$ economical

re?"ires >rin0 %eo%le an$ c"ttin0 $own loss(makin0 ser2ices1 all of which %"blic sector or0ani/ations are "nable to $o, So1 nearly always1%"blic railways are reforme$ by o"tsi$ers,

•  The 0o2ernment sho"l$ take armati2e action to make railways

a central tool for $eli2erin0 on social inte0ration an$ economic$e2elo%ment,

• PR sho"l$ only retain the core north(so"th railway >6e$

infrastr"ct"re an$ the associate$ rollin0 stock an$ otherreso"rces an$ liabilities; an$ the rest sho"l$ be $e2ol2e$ to the%ro2inces an$ maBor cities,

• 5or a new Pakistan to emer0e there will ha2e to be e$"cate$

criticism an$ in%"ts in all sectors1 es%ecially1 infrastr"ct"re,Pakistan Railways is %art of that,

• Cest way to im%ro2e Pakistan9s railway is st"$yin0 an$

im%lementation of Swi"" railwa% "%"tem  which is mostmo$erni/e1 e?"i%%e$ with latest technolo0y an$ feasible forim%lementation in Pakistan,

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