{"id":76566,"date":"2025-06-04T15:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=76566"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:49:46","slug":"pakistan-railway-announces-special-discounts-for-eid-ul-adha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-railway-announces-special-discounts-for-eid-ul-adha\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan railway announces special discounts for Eid-ul-Adha"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: In a ground move, Pakistan Railways announced a reduction in train fares on Eid-ul-Adha<\/a>. Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi announced a 20 percent discount on fares during the three days of Eid-ul-Adha.<\/p>\n

Pakistan Railways also ran five special trains on account of Eid. <\/span>As<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>per<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>information<\/span>, the\u00a0<\/span>initial<\/span>\u00a0special train\u00a0<\/span>from Karachi Cantonment Railway Station\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0Lahore\u00a0<\/span>left\u00a0<\/span>at 1:00 pm on June 2. The second special train had\u00a0<\/span>departed<\/span>\u00a0Quetta for Peshawar at 10:00 am on June 3.<\/p>\n

On the same\u00a0<\/span>date<\/span>, the third special train\u00a0<\/span>left<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Lahore for Karachi at 5:00 pm, <\/span>whereas<\/span> the fourth special train\u00a0<\/span>from<\/span>\u00a0Karachi Cantonment\u00a0<\/span>left\u00a0<\/span>for Rawalpindi at 7:30 pm.<\/p>\n

The fifth and\u00a0<\/span>last<\/span>\u00a0Eid Special Train<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>left<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Karachi Cantonment for Lahore at 7:30 pm on June 4. <\/span>Instructions<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>been<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sent<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to all Superintendent of Police (SP) Railways to\u00a0<\/span>increase<\/span>\u00a0security in trains as well as\u00a0<\/span>stations to\u00a0<\/span>prevent<\/span>\u00a0any untoward incident during Eid-ul-Azha days.<\/p>\n

<\/span>At<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>instruction<\/span>\u00a0of Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi, the department had\u00a0<\/span>ordered<\/span> all SPs of Railways to depute\u00a0<\/span>adequate<\/span>\u00a0force at\u00a0<\/span>entry<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>exit<\/span>\u00a0points of all railway stations and strict\u00a0<\/span>vigil<\/span> to be maintained of suspected persons, <\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span>informed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>APP.<\/p>\n

Pakistan Railways Police Commando Force would be\u00a0<\/span>deployed<\/span>\u00a0at vulnerable installations and in trains,\u00a0<\/span>whereas<\/span>\u00a0bomb disposal\u00a0<\/span>personnel<\/span>\u00a0would also be\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>standby<\/span> for the search of\u00a0<\/span>passengers<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>baggage<\/span>\u00a0at railway stations.<\/p>\n

<\/span>“<\/span>The SPs Railways\u00a0<\/span>ordered<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>carry<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>out<\/span> a\u00a0<\/span>thorough\u00a0<\/span>check and search of\u00a0<\/span>unoccupied<\/span> rakes before<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>trains\u00a0<\/span>arriving<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the platforms for departure for their destinations<\/span>,”<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>the official<\/span>.<\/p>\n

All the SPs Railways would also be\u00a0<\/span>asked<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>stay<\/span>\u00a0present\u00a0<\/span>during<\/span>\u00a0Eid holidays and\u00a0<\/span>check trains, stations, and escorting staff<\/span>\u00a0randomly<\/span>, the official\u00a0<\/span>informed<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The official\u00a0<\/span>added<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the number of\u00a0<\/span>travelers<\/span>\u00a0was\u00a0<\/span>day by day\u00a0<\/span>on a rise\u00a0<\/span>at railway stations and trains\u00a0<\/span>before<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Eid.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: In a ground move, Pakistan Railways announced a reduction in train fares on Eid-ul-Adha. Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi announced a 20 percent discount on fares during the three days of Eid-ul-Adha. Pakistan Railways also ran five special trains on account of Eid. As\u00a0per\u00a0the\u00a0information, the\u00a0initial\u00a0special train\u00a0from Karachi Cantonment Railway Station\u00a0to\u00a0Lahore\u00a0left\u00a0at 1:00 pm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":36309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29285,28235,29284],"class_list":["post-76566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-eid-special-train","tag-eid-ul-adha-2025","tag-special-discount-on-trains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76568,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76566\/revisions\/76568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}