New Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad’s publicity stunt backfired after posting a video on social media platform ‘twitter’ while he was travelling from Rawalpindi to Lahore on a train on Friday.
Sheikh Rasheed must have posted the video to show the adherence to austerity policy introduced by prime minister Imran Khan, but it quickly turned into a praise feast for Khawaja Saad Rafique.
People on social media were amazed to see the interior of a train cabin in the video. And people proceeded to congratulate former Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique for the work he has done during his five years tenure.
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) August 24, 2018
The way the Saad Rafique has changed the conditions of Pakistan railway during his 5 year tenure. Social media users are calling this as the real change. Even some of the politicians are highly impressed and shock to see the current condition of trains.
Here some interesting tweets on Sheikh Rashid Ahmad’s video.
Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) senior leader Raza Haroon also gave PML-N’s Khawaja Saad Rafique his due credit for the work he has done for Pakistan Railways.
Agree @KhSaad_Rafique has performed exceptionally well compared to his predecessors. One mustn’t take away credit where it is due. #Railway was in tatters when he took over.
— Raza Haroon رضا ہارون (@mrazaharoon) August 24, 2018
The former Railway minister Khawaja Saad himself tweeted, “Thankyou Sheikh Rashid for releasing the video for Lahore-Pindi rail parlor car , this shows where we have taken Pakistan railway to?”.
شکریہ شیخ رشید
آپ نے لاھور پنڈی ریل کار کی پارلر کار کی وڈیو جاری کر کے بتا دیاکہ ھم نے ریلوے کو کہاں تک پہنچایا !!!
— Khawaja Saad Rafique (@KhSaad_Rafique) August 24, 2018
He further said that we have left all of the trains in good conditions, if the new government continues to work with the same speed and direction then in three years, the conditions of trains will not be dreadful.
ھم ریلویز کی تمام ٹینز کی اپ گریڈیشن کا چلتا پراجیکٹ چھوڑ کر آۓ ھیں –
اگر اسی رفتار اور سمت سے کام جاری رکھا گیا تو تین برس بعد کوٸ ٹرین خستہ حالت میں نہیں ھو گی https://t.co/dq8QK4b8JN— Khawaja Saad Rafique (@KhSaad_Rafique) August 24, 2018
A lot of the people saw inside of a train cabin for the first time and they expressed the surprise on social media.
https://twitter.com/mahwashajaz_/status/1033038163265114112?s=08
It seems most of the people are happy about seeing the condition of the Pakistan Railways back on track after a long time. Here are few more tweets:
Congratulations @KhSaad_Rafique u did a great job in your tenure even ministers can travel on railway system now https://t.co/tMMQA6rzd8
— Azhar Javaid (@azharjavaiduk) August 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/asmahbarjees/status/1033193959516975105