CPEC projects to be completed in timeframe: says Naghmana

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Naghmana Hashmi has said that a number of mechanisms have been established to complete all projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) within the prescribed timeframe in order to achieve the desired goals.
“This is a transformative project that, through a radical overhaul of Pakistan’s energy and infrastructure, has laid a solid foundation for our future socio-economic development and has produced tangible results on the ground,” she said in an interview to Chinese media outlet.
Ambassador Hashmi remarked that the CPEC is the the project are being consulted.
He said, “ML-1 is the largest single CPEC infrastructure to generate huge employment, revolutionize railway and improve logistics.” He further said that focus is on making it best project for Pakistan to be presented to Central Development Working Party (CDWP), after refining all aspects, soon as per process.
The ML-1 project is part of CPEC under which, 1,872 kilometers railway track from Peshawar to Karachi would be upgraded at an estimated cost of around US $9 billion. – TLTP