Ministry of Railways (Pakistan)

The Ministry of Railways (Urdu: وزارث ريلوے‎; reporting name: MoR) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Pakistan. The ministry initially functioned as a subdivision of the Ministry of Communications and was eventually established as an autonomous ministry of the federal government in May 1974. Its primary purpose was to manage the state-owned rail transport services – the North Western Railway (later renamed Pakistan Western Railway in 1959, and then Pakistan Railways in 1974) and the Bengal-Assam Railway (later renamed Pakistan Eastern Railway in 1959).

Ministry of Railways (Pakistan)

The Ministry of Railways (Urdu: وزارث ريلوے‎; reporting name: MoR) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Pakistan. The ministry initially functioned as a subdivision of the Ministry of Communications and was eventually established as an autonomous ministry of the federal government in May 1974. Its primary purpose was to manage the state-owned rail transport services – the North Western Railway (later renamed Pakistan Western Railway in 1959, and then Pakistan Railways in 1974) and the Bengal-Assam Railway (later renamed Pakistan Eastern Railway in 1959).