Islamabad: Pakistan Railway notified an increase in fares of trains including Khyber Mail Express, Karakoram Express and Rehman Baba. According to notification issued by Ministry of Railway, Khyber Mail’s AC Sleeper class fare for Karachi-Peshawar has been raised to Rs 11,000, AC business class to Rs 6,200 and AC standard class to Rs 5,700.

According to notification, Karakoram Express’s Economy class fare for Karachi-Lahore route has been increased to Rs 3,000. Karahi Express’s AC Sleeper fare has also been increased to Rs 9,000, AC Business to Rs 5,700, AC Standard to Rs 4,150 while Economy fare has been increased to Rs 3,000.

Rehman Baba Express’s AC Business class fare has been increased to Rs 7,000, AC Standard to Rs 5,000 and Economy class fare has been raised to Rs 3,000. Fare for AC Business class of Pakistan Business Express has been raised to Rs 7,000. Karachi-Lahore operation of Pakistan railways would be restored on October 5. Pakistan Railway decided to restore passenger trains to Karachi from October 2, more than a month after being suspended on August 26 following super floods in Sindh province.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 03 2022

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