Pak to purchase railway engines from Spain

Islamabad—Pakistan has accepted the offer of Spanish government to purchase its used railway engines and an agreement would be signed after railway officials visited each others countries.
Well-placed sources in the Ministry of Railways said that Spanish ambassador during his meeting with Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour had offered his government’s assistance restoration of railways.
He had also offered him to provide used railway engines to support railway system of the country.
Sources said that it was decided that Pakistan would take six used engine to use it for 90 days to check its ability.
They said that both the countries would sign an agreement about provision of railway engines if the test was passed.
In this regard, a team of Pakistani railways experts would visit Spain to inspect the used engines while a Spanish team would tour Pakistan to review the scope of investment in Pakistan Railways.
Sources said General Manager Operation of Pakistan Railways Ishfaq Khattak had explained it to Spanish ambassador that they would proceed the affair further if six engines passed the test.
Pakistan Railways has badly affected due to shortage of engines and it has only 160 engines and needs 400 engines to activate the whole system.

source: Pakistan Observer