Rail services in pakistan are provided by the state run pakistan under the supervision of the ministry of railway the headquarter situated at lahore.It sis commonly referred to as the life line of the country by aiding in large scale movement of people and freight throughout pakistan.Pakistan railways carry 75 million passengers annually and daily operate 228 mail, express and passenger trains.Pakistan railyways also operate special trains for various occasions.The fregiht busniess unit with 12000 personal operates over 200 freight stations on the railway network.The FBU serves the port of karachi and port qasim as well as in various other stations along the network and generates revenue from the movement of agricultural industrial and imported products such as wheat,coal,fertilizer,cement, and sugar.About 39% of the revenue is generated from the transportation of petroleum 19% from the imported wheat,fertilizer, and rock phosphate.The remaining 42% is earned from domestic traffic.The freight rates structure is based on market trends in road transport which is the main competitior to rail transport...
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