LAHORE, Oct 28: The World Bank is not satisfied with the Pakistan Railways freight business. Talking to the PR general manager here on Thursday, World Bank's Daleel Essa Quli said the PR performance in freight business was not satisfactory and needed to be looked into.

He said a WB delegation would meet the railway officials next month and would discuss freight related businesses with them and propose measures to improve this sector.

The general manager (freight) briefed him on the PR performance since 1999.

RESERVATION OFFICES: The computerized reservation offices in Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, and Sukkur will now remain open till 11pm with effect from Nov 1, with one-hour iftar break. The Karachi office is already following this schedule.

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