ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday admonished both provincial and federal government officials for their failure to revive the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR). Various officials, including Railways Secretary Habibur Rehman Gillani, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shallwani, Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar, and Sindh Advocate General Salman Talibuddin, appeared before the court. Meanwhile, the railways secretary said that they were not delaying the project; in fact, they were completing their responsibility. He reprimanded the railways secretary saying that instead of droning on with stories, the official should tell the court why the KCR was not operating. Meanwhile, the various officials involved continued to trade blame with the railways secretary alleging that the Sindh government was the hindrance.

Source: Pakistan Today February 06, 2020 08:26 UTC