Pakistan Railways appoints first woman station manager

The Lahore railway station has hired a woman officer as station manager for the first time in its history.

Railway authorities have appointed Lahore Assistant Transport Officer (ATO) Syeda Marzia Al-Zahra as the station manager of Lahore railway station. She has replaced the additional charge of station manager Lahore from station master Lahore Cantt Younis Bhatti.

As per reports, Syeda Marzia is the first woman station manager of Pakistan Railways (PR).

Meanwhile, the Railway Sampars Union protested the appointment. Union Central Chairman Muhammad Irfan, while expressing reservations over the appointment, said that the union would protest if the notification was not cancelled.