Cabinet to discuss petrol crisis: Saad

Minister opens construction of a Rs100 million road.

LAHORE: Railway Minister Khwaja Saad Rafique said on Sunday stringent steps would be taken against those responsible for the petrol shortage crisis. He said the matter would be taken up by the cabinet.

He was speaking at a ceremony to inaugurate the construction of a road near Walton railway station.

The minister said the prime minister had suspended four senior officials and ordered an inquiry in this regard. He said the country could not afford agitation.

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman and several party members had been levelling baseless allegations against the government, he said. He said the PTI should realise that people only vote for those who deliver on campaign promises. He said the road, to be constructed at a cost of Rs100 million, would help ease traffic flow on Walton Road. He said Pakistan Railways planned to remove encroachments from along rail tracks. Fences would be installed along the tracks to curb accidents, he said. Rafique said that work on Bab-i-Pakistan would be completed soon. The project includes a playground, a jogging track, a park and a monument.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 19^th, 2015.