{"id":24876,"date":"2026-08-12T12:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=24876"},"modified":"2026-08-12T12:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:51:51","slug":"train-delay-case-consumer-court-orders-pakistan-railways-to-pay-rs-50000-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=24876","title":{"rendered":"Train Delay Case: Consumer Court Orders Pakistan Railways to Pay Rs. 50,000 Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Karachi (HRNW)<\/strong>\u00a0The Consumer Protection Court South Karachi has ordered <strong>Pakistan Railways to pay Rs. 50,000 in compensation<\/strong> to a citizen over the significant delay of the Khyber Mail train.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner told the court that he had booked a ticket for the <strong>Khyber Mail from Ghotki to Karachi in 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the petition, the train was scheduled to depart from Ghotki at <strong>6:40 p.m.<\/strong>, but actually left at <strong>10:11 p.m.<\/strong> The delay resulted in the train reaching Karachi at <strong>10:45 a.m. instead of the scheduled arrival time of 6:40 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The petitioner argued that the prolonged delay caused him considerable inconvenience and loss and sought compensation from Pakistan Railways.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing the case, the Consumer Protection Court directed <strong>Pakistan Railways to pay Rs. 50,000 as compensation<\/strong> to the citizen.<\/p>\n<p>The decision highlights the importance of passenger rights and the responsibility of public service providers to ensure timely and reliable services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support HRNW:<\/strong> Support independent and responsible journalism focused on human rights, consumer rights and public issues through <strong>Human Rights News Worldwide (HRNW)<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?page_id=1083&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Support HRNW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> This report is based on available information regarding the court proceedings. Further details and the full legal implications of the judgment are subject to the original court order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi (HRNW)\u00a0The Consumer Protection Court South Karachi has ordered Pakistan Railways to pay Rs. 50,000 in compensation to a citizen over the significant delay of the Khyber Mail train. The petitioner told the court that he had booked a ticket for the Khyber Mail from Ghotki to Karachi in 2025. According to the petition, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-court-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24877,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24876\/revisions\/24877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}