{"id":1084,"date":"2020-12-24T05:50:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T00:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2020-12-24T05:50:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T00:50:46","slug":"pakistan-railways-why-not-on-rails-a-revisit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/pakistan-railways-why-not-on-rails-a-revisit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Railways: Why not on Rails? A Revisit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Karim Khan and Abdul Khaliq<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pakistan Railways Track Record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following on from the November 16 PIDE webinar \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pide.org.pk\/index.php\/webinars?id=820\">Pakistan Railways or Pakistan\u2019s Railways<\/a>\u201d and the subsequent blog \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/pakistan-railways-why-not-on-rails\/\">Pakistan Railways-Why not on Rails?<\/a>\u201d of December 01, that discussed the financial aspects, we are sharing a situational analysis of Pakistan Railways (PR) here. Undoubtedly, the transportation sector plays a climactic role in economic development and growth of the economy. Over the last few decades, Pakistan Railways has not been on track because of the multi-faceted challenges of poor governance, political interference, corruption, inadequate human capital, poor infrastructure, and huge deficits are preventing Pakistan&#8217;s railways from being on rails. In addition, the growing share of investment in road infrastructure and the continued low investment in Pakistani railways have had a negative impact on the financial position of Pakistani railways. Table 1 below provides a summary of Pakistan Railways&#8217; profits and losses between 1955 and 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-16.png 724w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-16-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-16-317x300.png 317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption>Table 1: Summary of Pakistan Railways Profit\/Loss (Million PKR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Human Resource Management <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> As noted above, the lack of human resources, nepotism and political involvement in the appointment of employees contributed greatly to the collapse of the Pakistani railways. Political and personal interests are involved in the placements and transfers of employees, which cause indignation and the feeling of job insecurity among them and have led to a lack of effectiveness of the organization. In addition, long-term arrangements and their enforcement are severely affected by persistent changes in the placement of senior public servants. Human resources management remains an unresolved issue, even though the current administration of PR states that merit and job security assignments are their primary concerns. There is a declining trend in the number of employees hired by PR. At the same tie, the associated cost shows an upsurge, as depicted in Figures 1 and 2, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-20.png 792w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-20-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-20-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-20-521x300.png 521w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><figcaption>Figure 1: Number of Employees in Pakistan Railways<br> Source: Pakistan Railways Year Book 2017-18 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"864\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-19.png 864w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-19-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-19-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-19-631x300.png 631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption>Figure 2: Associated Cost of Employees (PKR)<br>Source: Pakistan Railways Year Book 2017-18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poor infrastructure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Poor infrastructure also contributing in the distraction of Pakistan Railways. Most of Pakistan&#8217;s railway resources, including physical infrastructure, including physical infrastructure, have been used to their full potential and are no longer productive, seriously disrupting the effectiveness of the work. While infrastructure development has been identified as the primary concern by the current administration, maintenance and repair expenditures are a major contributing factor to overall operating costs. In addition, locomotives with operational status were also the reason for the dispute within PR&#8217;s operating and mechanical services. The total number of locomotives owned per RP, including unproductive and in-service locomotives, shown in Figure 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"710\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-18.png 710w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-18-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-18-566x300.png 566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption>Figure 3: Owned Locomotives<br>Source: Pakistan Railways Year Book 2017-18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ticketless Travelling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Travelling without a ticket on Pakistan Railways also occurs quite frequently, which creates losses for Pakistani railways. This unethical activity is most apparent on branch lines where it is believed to occur with the support of railway police and ticket verifiers. To increase monetary gains, Pakistan&#8217;s railways must improve administration to protect these leaks. Table 2 shows the number of passengers and the fines they faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"679\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-17.png 679w, https:\/\/pide.org.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-17-300x75.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><figcaption>Table 2: Ticketless Cases and Fines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Corruption<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Corruptiondestroys the confidence of citizens in the public sector to do\nwhat is in their best interests. As Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said, Pakistan&#8217;s public sector\nis largely prey to corruption, and overcoming these corrupt activities among\ngovernment officials is a major preoccupation of the establishment. In order to combat corruption at\nthe micro and macro levels, the Pakistani railways had established the new\nstandards of incorruptibility and implemented several safety measures by\ninitiating the principles of accountability, transparency and effective fiscal\nmanagement for the past four years. In addition, the\nvigilance management has been relaunched in order to prevent acts of corruption\nthrough internal control. Officials involved in corruption were correctly taken and\nprovided severe penalties with the dismissal of the service awarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Concluding R<\/strong>e<strong>marks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the transport sectors, especially rail, play a vital role for the socio-economic development of any country. In analyzing the situational aspects of the Pakistani railways, we have observed that Pakistani Railways has suffered a series of losses in recent decades. In addition, poor infrastructure and low service standards contribute to the deteriorating Pakistani railroad. Therefore, to improve the performance of Pakistan Railways concerned authorities could encourage the public-private partnership particularly in advancement of existing and new infrastructure. Moreover, Pakistan Railways can get help from publicity to attract the public towards railways.\u00a0 Finally, and most importantly, Pakistani railways need to engage their officials; in more commercial deals with different industries to increase Pakistan Railways revenues. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The situational analysis presented by Karim Khan and Abdul Khaliq highlights the series of losses suffered by Pakistan Railways in recent decades. 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