Islamabad, July 21, 2025: Pakistan Railways has once again issued a tender to hand over the management of 11 passenger trains to the private sector under a public-private partnership. The earlier attempt failed as not enough companies showed interest.
The trains included in this plan are Hazara Express, Millat Express, Bahauddin Zakariya Express, Subak Kharam, Thal Express, Rawal Express, Badar Express, Ghauri Express, Ravi Express, Mohenjo Daro Passenger, and Faiz Ahmad Faiz Passenger.
As per official sources, the technical bids will now be opened on August 12.
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Railway officials said this is the second time they are trying to get private firms involved. In the first round, only two companies applied, and both were interested only in running Shalimar Express. No one submitted bids for the other ten trains.
Due to the poor response earlier, the department has restarted the process, hoping to attract more private companies this time.
