<p>Lawyer Ansar Jaspal filed a petition in the Lahore High Court yesterday that said the federal government had decided to lease 50 locomotives from to improve train services.<br /><br />He contended that the Risalpur factory had the capacity to manufacture 25 locomotives a year, and therefore, the government should use its own resources instead of seeking help from India.<br /><br />He urged the court to restrain the government from leasing locomotives from India and to direct it to utilise national resources.<br /><br />Moreover, he said, the Pakistan Railways should be ordered to make functional 450 locomotives that are currently out of order.</p>
<p>Lawyer Ansar Jaspal filed a petition in the Lahore High Court yesterday that said the federal government had decided to lease 50 locomotives from to improve train services.<br /><br />He contended that the Risalpur factory had the capacity to manufacture 25 locomotives a year, and therefore, the government should use its own resources instead of seeking help from India.<br /><br />He urged the court to restrain the government from leasing locomotives from India and to direct it to utilise national resources.<br /><br />Moreover, he said, the Pakistan Railways should be ordered to make functional 450 locomotives that are currently out of order.</p>