China to invest $8.5 bn for Pak rail network, gas pipeline

[unbiasedopinion]

Mashallah these investments keep pouring in; just a couple weeks ago - China invested 26 Billion Dollars; every week we hear a multi-billion dollar investment.

If only we can find a way to repay them.

Any investment is good which uplifts the life of common man, but some corrections here.. These investments have not been done yet. They will span around many years.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

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Geez, these 2 posts sound a lot like sour grapes!

I wouldn't want to piss off China especially she has a big wallet and willing to spend. I want Australia to be a great friend of China.

Besides money, China has great infrastructure building skills that is second to none! For the same amount of money, you get better value compared to any other country!


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Yes, I agree.

I do hope Pakistan will learn from China and leverage the new infrastructure.

Nope. You can dip up old PDF threads created by Pakistanis themselves. There were even discussions on Pakistani side to consider Indian locomotives.

 

[v9s]

Pakistani engineers had reported that Chinese locomotives required large maintainance and fail at the larger rate.
Anyway does Pakistan has the capability to repay that investment is the question.

That was because the imported ones were low quality. Let's see what happens now since China does have globally recognized expertise in Rail systems.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Any investment is good which uplifts the life of common man, but some corrections here.. These investments have not been done yet. They will span around many years.

They are already on the ground and much of it is in the work as we speak - but yes; no doubt - we won't see it's full completion until 2025 and onward.

 

[hexagonsnow]

That was because the imported ones were low quality. Let's see what happens now since China does have globally recognized expertise in Rail systems.

You are right!China had built over 19000KM High speed railway domestic with enough tec and capital power for helping Pakistan to build and refresh the old railway system,For china the Pakistan is a important oil support line.