LAHORE: Bangladesh has expressed keen interest in procuring freight wagons and passenger coaches after Pakistan offered the rolling stock at prices cheaper than those in other countries.<\/p>\n
A two-member delegation, headed by a senior Bangladeshi official, has also visited the Pakistan Railways (PR) carriage factory in Islamabad and the Mughalpura Workshop in Lahore to receive a briefing from the railway authorities and to witness the rolling stock manufacturing process, Dawn has learnt.<\/p>\n
According to the Lahore-based PR authorities, Mr Farhad Islam, Bangladesh\u2019s Secretary for International Organisations and Consular Affairs and Designate D-8 Commissioner and Mohammad Iqbal Hussain Khan, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan, visited the Mughalpura workshop on Friday.<\/p>\n
Muhammad Nasir Khalili, Chief Mechanical Engineer (Carriage and Wagons), briefed the delegation on the overall functioning, technical capabilities, and ongoing projects of the PR\u2019s workshops. A short documentary highlighting the workshops\u2019 operational and working strengths was also shown to the guests.<\/p>\n
Pakistan Railways offers attractive prices to seal export deal<\/p>\n
Mr Khalili stated that Pakistan and Bangladesh are brotherly countries sharing a common history, culture, and heritage, and that there exists immense potential for cooperation between the two nations, particularly in the railway sector.<\/p>\n
The delegation was subsequently given a detailed tour of the Mughalpura Locomotive Workshop, where they were briefed on the various stages of locomotive maintenance, rehabilitation, and manufacturing.<\/p>\n
The diplomats termed their visit informative, productive, and encouraging, and appreciated the technical expertise and professional competence of Pakistan Railways. \u201cOur visit stands as a clear testament to the strengthening bonds of friendship and cooperation between Pakistan and Bangladesh,\u201d said Mr Islam.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi has expressed his resolve to advance railway-to-railway cooperation between the two countries, emphasising that such collaboration can yield substantial benefits.<\/p>\n
PR is currently supplying coaches and wagons to four countries with broad-gauge rail networks \u2014 Sri Lanka, Nepal, Chile and Argentina. \u201c\u201cIt reflects that we have achieved modern, indigenous manufacturing capability for coaches and wagons,\u201d the minister said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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