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Pakistan Railways, mother of engineering in Pakistan, is to get a new life. Its big drivers are planning many improvements and new services, which will make railways a very favored means of traveling and transporting goods. These improvements were decided in a meeting of Railway Board held after 10 years. PR Chief Executive M Javed Anwar chaired the meeting and briefed the press that bids had been opened. Two of them are from General Motors Electro Motive Division and USA's General Electric. Bids are being technically evaluated and would be finalised by end June. The plans include procuring/ manufacturing 75 diesel electric locomotives, upgrading signals system by providing computer based...