On March 17, China and Pakistan planned together to complete the massive ML-1 railway upgrade project as soon as feasible under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). This is a substantial milestone, including the fulfillment of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s important consensus reached at some point of his latest tour to China.
An online convention between Pakistan’s CPEC Authority and China’s National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC) resulted in an accomplishment.
The applicable departments of the two countries at this moment are absolutely prepared to take the specified steps to turn the high-level agreements into concrete steps at the ground as soon as possible.
The upgrade of the ML-1 railway is extraordinarily crucial to the Chinese side
China’s National Railway Administration (NRA) and other key institutions are now joining hands closely with relevant Pakistani ministries, consisting of Pakistan Railways, to finalise the project information. With a complete length of 1,726 kilometres, the ML-1 railway connects Karachi and Peshawar via Lahore and Islamabad. It is Pakistan’s most important south-to-north trunk railway.
