PESHAWAR: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would sponsor a r
ailway track for bridging Lahore and Peshawar. A Chinese company has
completed the survey for a 411-kilometre long Lahore to Peshawar r
ailway line. This was stated by an official of the r
ailway sources on Sunday. Speaking to reporters in Peshawar, Muhammad Javed Anwar, chief executive officer and senior general manager Pakistan R
ailways said that the double track of r
ailway would be under the Ch
ina Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. He further said that the Chinese engineers and workers were already busy in surveys for the proposed project. Muhammad Javed Anwar added that Pakistan R
ailways provided an important mode of safe transportation in the farthest corners of the country and it brought such areas closer for business, adventure and education. He added Pakistan R
ailways has been a great integrating force and forms the life line of the country by catering to the needs of a large scale movement of people and freight to different places of the country. Sources in the Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) told Daily Times that the department was playing its part to
make the largest mean of transportation regain its business spot. The tourism ministry had arranged different trips to different stations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in collaborat
ion with the Pakistan R
ailways to relive the stock of the r
ailway ministry and enable the r
ailway department to stand on its feet.
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