PR working to connect Gwadar to Kashgar through rail link

[Edevelop]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is actively working to implement Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s vision of connecting Gwadar to Kashgar through rail link.
According to an official source, Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafiq, among other proposals for next Public Sector Development Programme, has included a scheme for setting up a dry port at Havelian as part of Pakistan-China economic corridor.
The second important project in the regard is up-gradation of ML-1 railway track from Karachi to Peshawar, which currently can accommodate trains with 100-120 kilometer per hour speed. The up-gradation will increase speed up to 150 kilometer per hour.
The project also includes dualisation of track from Khanewal to Peshawar, which will help curtail the travel duration between Karachi and Peshawar.
The source said that due to certain initiatives, a decrease of Rs 7 billion has been recorded in Pakistan Railways losses in last 10 months, which were Rs 36 billion when Ghulam Ahmed Bilor left the ministry.

PR working to connect Gwadar to Kashgar through rail link

 

[defence_analyst]

''The source said that due to certain initiatives, a decrease of Rs 7 billion has been recorded in Pakistan Railways losses in last 10 months, which were Rs 36 billion when Ghulam Ahmed Bilor left the ministry.''

Damn Rs 36 billion, about same amount as PIA. So just these two departments made losses of $750 million.