PR No.71 MUHAMMAD JAVED ANWAR, CHAIRMAN MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS PRIORITIZES EARLY HARVEST PROJECT OF RAILWAYS IN CPEC Islamabad: 12th July 2018

A delegation of CREC, lead of Chinese consortium in terms of the Framework Agreement called on Muhammad Javed Anwar, Chairman, Ministry of Railways (MoR) on Thursday at Ministry of Railways. They discussed progress on ML I (Karachi-Peshawar) project. Chairman, MoR, while highlighting importance of ML I project, informed that it is an Early Harvest and a strategic project of CPEC framework. The project is expected to transmute railways system in Pakistan. The feasibility study of a preliminary design of Phase I of project has been completed and is in the final stages of review process so that next steps of project implementation could be initiated on priority. Both sides also discussed areas of cooperation in railways sector. The meeting was also attended by Mr. Sun, Head of Pakistan Mission of CREC and Mr. Mazhar Ali Shah, DG Planning.

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