Pakistan Railways has leased out around 4,687 acres of its land during the last four years to transform the department into profitable entity by generating more revenue.
According to an official of the Ministry of Railways, the leased-out land is located in seven divisions including Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi Multan and Sukkar.
He said Pakistan Railways had also decided to accelerate its ongoing anti-encroachment operation against land grabbers across the country to recoup its land from different individuals, groups and even business organizations using it for residential, commercial and agriculture purposes for decades.
Source: Radio Pakistan