BEIJING: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said that upgradat
ion of Pakistan Railways under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would usher an era of economic development by enhancing local market’s access to other markets in the region.
In an interview with official media in Beijing, he said that railway track would be upgraded from Karachi to Landi Kotal to double the speed from existing 80 kilometers per hour to 160 km per hou
r.
He said that CPEC was world’s biggest ever project of regional connectivity. The mini
ster said that ag
reements for construct
ion of Gwadar Airport, Gwadar expressway and upgradat
ion of railway track ML-1 were on the agenda of Prime Minister Naw
az Sharif during his week-long visit to China.
