Pakistan: No oil left to run the train, employees are not getting salary

The situation in the neighboring country Pakistan has become critical. Alam is that he does not even have the money to run the country. They don’t even have the budget to pay their salaries to the government employees. Now news is coming that the railways in Pakistan have run out of oil to run trains. Even if there is oil somewhere, the balance of oil is left barely for two to three days.

Railway has squeezed every drop of oil

If we talk about the figures of this thin condition of Pakistan, then the fiscal deficit of the cash-strapped country has increased by more than 115 percent in the first four months (July-October) of the current financial year. On top of that, the floods in June-July last year made the flour wet in Kangali. Pakistan Railways were also affected by the flood. According to the reports going on in the Pakistani media, Pakistan Railways does not even have enough stock of oil to operate the trains. Pakistan is running trains with oil reserves of only three days.

Only one day’s oil left

According to the news going on in the Pakistani media, the officials of the Railway Department have also appealed to the Railway Minister Khwaja Saad Rafiq to solve this matter, but no step has been taken on their side. A Pakistan Railways official also said that the railway minister should also look into the bidding matters of freight wagons. that affect the private sector. It is also being told that a few days ago the stock of oil was left for only one day. Due to which the railway authorities were forced to reduce the operation of goods trains especially from Karachi and Lahore.

Getting salary after 20-25 days

Along with this, the employees of the Railway Department are not getting their salary and allowances. With this, a liability of around Rs 25 billion is left in the form of gratuity for many employees who have retired in the last one year. The situation has worsened to such an extent that the employees are being paid their salaries after 20-25 days and the last month’s salary is yet to be received. After which many employees including train drivers have warned to go on strike if the situation does not improve.