ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has announced a 25 percent reduction in fares ahead of Eid Al-Adha, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported on Tuesday, announcing a special package for commuters wanting to travel home for the annual religious holiday.
Following the commencement of Dhu Al-Hijjah, the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, from June 8, Eid Al-Adha will be celebrated in Pakistan on June 17. The government usually announces a three-day holiday on the occasion for which people usually travel to their hometowns from the cities and towns where they live and work.
“Pakistan Railways has announced a 25 percent reduction in the fares as a special package for the commuters on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha,” Radio Pakistan said on Tuesday, adding that the discount would be available on all types of trains and classes but not on Eid special trains.
Pakistan Railways habitually facilitates the public during religious festivities. In April, four special trains were operated to facilitate passengers on Eid Al-Fitr.
Pakistan Railways reduces fares by 25% for Eid Al-Adha commuters
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Pakistan Railways reduces fares by 25% for Eid Al-Adha commuters
- Discounts to be available on all types of trains, classes
- Fare reduction “not applicable” on Eid special trains
Pakistan says 641 Afghan Taliban members killed, over 855 injured in ongoing conflict
- Both neighbors have been engaged in fierce fighting since Feb. 26 after Afghan forces launched retaliatory attacks against Pakistan
- Pakistan information minister says 243 Afghanistan checkposts destroyed, 65 “terrorists and terror support locations” targeted by air
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has killed at least 641 Afghan Taliban operatives and injured more than 855 in the ongoing conflict between the two sides since last month, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday.
Fresh clashes between the two neighbors began on Feb. 26 after Afghanistan’s border forces launched attacks against Pakistani military installations. Kabul said the attack was in retaliation for Islamabad’s airstrikes earlier in February. Both forces have since then engaged in the worst fighting between them in decades.
Islamabad has said its airstrikes, which have at times directly targeted the Afghan Taliban government, are aimed at ending Kabul’s support for militants carrying out attacks on Pakistan. The Taliban has denied aiding militant groups.
“Summary of Fitna Al Khawarij/Afghan Taliban losses: 641 killed, 855+ injured, 243 check posts destroyed,” Tarar wrote on social media platform X.
https://x.com/tararattaullah/status/2031687512868159638?s=46
The minister said Pakistani security forces have destroyed 219 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery guns in the operation so far, and also decimated 65 “terrorists and terror support locations” across Afghanistan by targeting them with airstrikes.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have remained strained since the Afghan Taliban seized power in August 2021. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks across the country in recent months that it blames on militants it alleges are based in Afghanistan.
Kabul denies the allegations and insists that its soil is not used by militant groups for attacks against other countries.
While Afghanistan has voiced the desire for dialogue, Pakistan has repeatedly ruled out talks, saying it will continue targeting militant hideouts in Afghanistan through “Operation Ghazab lil Haq” till Kabul desists from supporting militants.
The ongoing conflict between both sides has put the region on heightened alert, as it already suffers from the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran.
