By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
Aftab Memon, a Grade 20 Officer of Pakistan
Railways Service, has been appointed as Managing Director of the Pakistan
Railway Advisory and Consultancy Services (PRACS) upon the completion of
National Management Course at Staff College, Lahore.
He has served Pakistan Railway at various
senior positions including Office of Divisional Superintendent Lahore and
Karachi besides holding various positions at the Railway Headquarters.
He has a vast experience in railway
operations particularly in freight operations at Karachi besides administration
and management. He has also served in Sindh Government as Director General
Local Government.
As DS Railway Lahore and Karachi, he was
instrumental in curbing the menace of black marketing of tickets and ticketless
travelling, mismanagement of reservations of seats besides achieving highest
revenue earning records.
Soon after taking charge as MD of the PRACS
he revealed that his priorities will be to acquire more projects for the PRACS
in Pakistan and also outside besides improving the service of trains being run
by his organization.
His appointment as the helmsman of the PRACS
has been hailed and it’s being expected that the organization will benefit
immensely from his expertise.
It may be recalled that the Pakistan Railway
Advisory & Consultancy Services Limited (PRACS) was incorporated in 1976 as
a private limited company under the repealed companies Act, 1913. In the year
2002, it was converted to a public limited company under the Companies Ordinance, 1984.
The Chief
Executive of the company is the Managing Director who has full autonomy,
subject to the control of Board of Directors, of running and operating day to
day business affairs.
The PRACS provides a wide range of services in the
fields of civil Engineering, commercial management of passenger trains as well
as passenger reservation and ticketing, Rail Cuisine, Mechanical engineering
and Electrical engineering.
Since its inception, the PRACS has successfully
completed over 200 assignments pertaining to the said disciplines, including
feasibility studies, projects management, providing services, coordination,
field surveys and consultancy at national as well as international level.
