Responsible for train tragedy to be punished: Swati

LAHORE:Railways Minister Muhammad Azam Khan Swati has said that the officers and staff responsible for the Dharki train accident will be punished; their services will be terminated and all benefits confiscated.

He was talking to the media after inauguration of a vaccination centre for the railway employees at Green Line Waiting Hall, Lahore Railway Station here on Thursday. He said that suspension on the train accident did not mean a conviction, as it was an action taken on an initial report. “I will hang the culprit,” he said. The nation has lost 63 lives in the accident so far, and the railway officials are responsible for it," he added.