Running late and vastly over budget, a mammoth rail project stands as a monument to what critics say is Germany’s glaring failure to tackle long-standing infrastructure woes. “Stuttgart 21” is…
Night trains have made a comeback in Europe thanks to their low-carbon footprint, but after years of neglect, the renaissance has had a bumpy ride. Operators admit that the trains…
Travellers braving trains between London and Paris on the first day after Britain’s exit from the EU customs union experienced additional checks but were more worried by the extra rules…
California's suspension this week of a high-speed rail project underscores the up-hill battle the modern mode of transport faces in the United States - including myriad cultural, political and economic…
The Train Drivers Welfare Association's countrywide strike causing suspension of passenger traffic for six to eight hours was called-off at the assurance of the railway authorities that their 'genuine' demands…
Fifty years ago, the first bullet train pulled out of Tokyo station and hurtled across the countryside, heralding Japan's arrival as a modern economic powerhouse with a transport system soon…
FOR the last several weeks, life in Balochistan has been paralysed with most highways connecting the province with the rest of the country blocked by protesters, while mobile services have been suspended.…
Pakistan these days is the target of a virtual onslaught of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Hardly a day passes without a terrorist attack of some sort taking its…
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader, Mahrang Baloch, was arrested by Quetta police last week while participating in a protest against police actions. The protest followed the arrests of several…
A detailed and rigorous exercise was undertaken to examine each SOE based on the ownership rationale and its financial performance as explained earlier, and all the commercial SOEs were categorized…
