Work on ML-1 to start in two months

By Masood Sattar Khan
(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The Railways Minister, Shaikh Rashid Ahmed, has disclosed that after approval from Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) and tendering work on Main Line 1(ML-1) project will be initiated in next two months. 

Participating in a television talk show, he informed that ML-1 will further be expanded to connect it with China and Afghanistan. 

Highlighting the importance of Gwadar Port, Shaikh Rashid said that it will be a mega project where as many as 400 ships could be accommodated, whereas in Iran's Chabahar Port can anchor only 200 MNTS ships. 

Meanwhile, it has been reported that Prime Minister Imran Khan has accorded approval of expanding ML-1 network upto Turkham. The Prime Minister was believed to have granted the approval upon the request of the Federal Religious Minister, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri during a recent cabinet meeting.