Prime Minister Imran Khan has said PTI government will make appointments on merit to improve governance and transparency.

 Addressing after the launching ceremony of four trains in Islamabad on Friday, the Prime Minister said public sector enterprises have become loss making entities due to political interventions and appointments made on personal connections in the past.

 He said each year a loss of 500 billion rupees accrues in these organizations. In power sector alone, the losses have reached to an amount of 1200 billion rupees.

 The Prime Minister said ultimately it is the people who have to pay more for goods and services in order to compensate for the losses of public sector enterprises.

 He urged the Railways Minister to get rid of employees who were appointed on political basis in previous governments and are not contributing positively to the department.

 Imran Khan said train is the main mode of transportation for poorer and weaker segments of society for commute and it will be improved. 

Lamenting the lack of attention on this important sector by previous governments, the Prime Minister said the railway tracks had become old and outdated, posing danger to the trains.

He said incumbent Railways Minister is taking personal interest to improve the tracks and condition of trains, so that people travel comfortably and on time to their destinations.

Speaking on the occasion, Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said his ministry has achieved first 100-days target of starting ten new trains well ahead of the deadline.

He said Pakistan Railways has earned additional revenue of over 1.5 billion rupees in last 80 days. He said two freight trains will be started on 25 of the next month, which will further contribute to enhance railways income.

The four trains inaugurated by Prime MInister Imran Khan, include Sindh Express from Karachi to Sukhar, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Express from Karachi to Mirpur Khas, Faislabad Express and Rehman Baba Express from Peshawar to Karachi.

Sindh Express will cover the stations like Karachi Cantt, Landhi, Hyderabad, Tandu Adam, Shadadpur, Nawab Shah, Khairpur and Sukkar. Its ticket for economy class is 470 rupees.

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai will cover Karachi City, Landhi, Dhabeji, Hyderabad and Mirpur Khas and its fare will be 190 rupees.

Faisalabad Express has been stretched to Multan and now its route includes Multan, Khanewal, Shorkot and Faisalabad. Its economy class fare till Multan will be 260 rupees.

Rehman Baba Express will start plying soon.