ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Asim Saleem Bajwa on Saturday said that the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved the Railway Mainline (ML-1) project that would cost $7.2 billion.
“The CDWP has approved and recommended ML-1 project to Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) with cost US$ 7.2 bn”, he said.
In his tweet, Bajwa, who also heads China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPECA), said the project scope included dualisation and up-gradation of 1872 km track from Peshawar to Karachi. While, under the project, Walton Academy would also be up-graded besides building a dry port inHavelian.
He termed the approval as a big milestone for the second phase of CPEC.
In 2018, the Ministry of Railways and the National Railway Administration of China (NRAC) had undertaken initial work for working on Pakistan Railways’ Mainline 1 (ML-1).
