Renowned Industrialist cum Philanthropist, former President of Multan & Dera Ghazi Khan Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Ex-Punjab caretaker Minister for Industry Khawaja Jalaluddin Roomi on Thursday inaugurated ‘Bahauddin Zakaria Express’ train en route from Multan to Karachi alongwith Divisional Superintendent Railway Multan Division Hamad Hassan Mirza and stressed the need for restoration of all trains orginate from Multan to facilitate the people of South Punjab who prefer railway on other transport means. He said that workers of local industry come from the belt of Shorkot-Jhang-Sargodha section .With the suspension of Sandhal Express operation ,they are facing many hardships. Similarly there is no train to connect Multan with Dera Ghazi Khan-Rajanpur, Jampur Rojhan cities.He suggested that Railway must connect all cities of Southern Punjab with each other.He said that maximum number of trains should be introduced on different sections to attract the travelling people. He also suggested to restore the night coach for Lahore from Multan. Inaugural ceremony of Bahauddin Zakaria Express train was also attended by President of Multan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI)Mian Rashid Iqbal, former President of MCCI Sheikh Fazal Elahi, Naveed Ahmed Chughtai, Sohail Tufail Ahmed Chughtai and others . On this occasion, DS Railway Multan Division Hamad Hassan Mirza said that the restoration of Zakaria Express train has been done on the instructions of Federal Minister of Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq. This train will stop at Bahawalpur, Sama Satta, Dera Nawab Sahib, Liaquatpur, Khanpur and it is consist of 11 economy, 2 business, 3 standard, one dying car, one brake van and one power plant coaches , Zakariya Express train with 912 passengers departed from Multan while advance booking of passengers from other stations has also been done. After the inauguration of DS Railway Multan Hammad Hasan Mirza specially inspected the economy, business and dining car of Zakaria Express , he added. He said that the best travel facilities will be available to the passengers in the Zakaria Express , while there was a wave of happiness among the passengers on the occasion of the restoration of the train, moreover, on the special request of DS Railway Multan, the well-known industrialist Jalaluddin Roomi joined us. He also donated a wheelchair for passengers at the Multan station and said that the long-standing demand of the business community has been fulfilled by the restoration of Zakaria Express. He thanked the government and said that the railway system should be upgraded and cargo trains should also be introduced from Multan to facilitate the exporters and importers . Later, Divisional Commercial Officer Railway Multan Adnan Marwat along with his team checked the tickets as well as available facilities like dining carand standard of food.They travelled with passengers in Zakaria Express train from Multan to Khanpur.
