By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
Maqsood-un-Nabi, an officer of the railway group, has been
transferred from the Pakistan Railways Headquarters, Lahore, and posted as the
Divisional Superintendent of the Karachi Division.
Before the new assignment, Maqsood-un-Nabi was working as
the Chief Operating Superintendent at the Railway HQ Lahore and he now replaces
Mahmood Lashari who, on transfer, has been posted as Director General Vigilance
at the Railway HQ.
Earlier Maqsood-un-Nabi had served as the Chief Commercial
Manager at Lahore and besides also having worked as the Deputy DS Railway at
Karachi. He brings with him very rich experience in the field of railway
operation as well as commercial sector.
“My main focus will be on punctuality of trains and
passenger facilitation,” the DS Railways said in an interview adding that since
he took over the punctuality rate went up from previous low of 73 percent to 87
percent at present and it will improve further in coming days with the kind of
measures being taken by him.
He said that he had taken up the management sector as a
challenge for himself and issued directives to divisional managers to bring
improvement in their managerial skills to achieve the desired targets set for
them which include punctuality of train operation, public facilitation and most
important revenue generation.
Maqsood-un-Nabi remarked that back marketing of tickets has
been controller by 99 percent and severe action taken against those involved in
the menacing practices. He said that he has the full cooperation of SP Railway
Police and Divisional Commercial Officer and black sheep in the force are being
screened out.
The DS Railway added that he had also taken up the issue of
railway’s land grabbing and in his very first meeting with divisional
officers he issued directive for developing a system to have immediate
information about any case of land grabbing and initiation of immediate action
by the anti-encroachment cell which too has been activated.
Under public facilitation program, he said, passengers going
for upcountry dest inations are informed about delays in departure of trains
through mobile phone messaging so that they may not have to face any
inconvenience by reaching the station on time.
Similarly cleaning coaches of trains leaving for upcountry
destinations is being ensured particularly with emphasis on water and power
supply. He said he had issued strict instruction that there should not be
repetition of any problem once identified.
He said that on his directive a railway is deputed at
Cantonment Station who would check the trains and submit report about any event
taking place during his duty hour.
