Re: Pakistan Railways, A Sinking Ship
Have you seen the 12 kanal houses these officers get in hearts of cities like Lahore and Rawalpindi? Each of them is definitely worth more than US $1 million. If Railways was performing great, at least at the levels of what British left us with, I have no objection on giving employees all the benefits and big houses they deserve. Staff is NOT focusing on work but rather looting whatever is left of the corporation. The British officers were given good accommodation because they left their homes in Britain to come here and work and you are admitting they worked well. How about the performance of the current brown saabs?
The job of railway ‘worker’ is definitely stressful and they deserve good accommodation. The officers, however, who are responsible for looting this corporation dry are being rewarded rather than penalized!
But taking away these facilities will not turn around the Railway. You have to think rationally rather than hathorha mar remedy. Yes by all means if you want to sink this ship immediately, carry on your idea at cost of millions and millions of poor people of Pakistan. Even IK can not do anything to bring the sunked ship from the bottom of ocean, if he becomes PM of Pakistan:)
As regard corruption 100% pakis are corrupt. Name any department including military you think they play fair game. It doesn’t mean you shut down all the institutions and bring the country to a dead hault.
I’m not talking about corruption. Just saying Railways has enough resources of its own to invest in the business it is supposed to be in. They can sell the non-operational assets and invest in where they can generate future cash flows. This would be good for both the employees and public in general.