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ML-1 should be financed partly through commercialisation of railway land, says PM

Pakistan Published 7 October 2026, 13:51 · archived 7 Oct 2026

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz construction of Main Line-1 (ML-1) should be undertaken on a commercial basis by utilising the identified lands worth billions of rupees of Pakistan Railways. The development came during a review meeting on reforms in Pakistan Railways was held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of PM Shehbaz. In the meeting, the PM directed officials to expedite work on the upgradation of ML-1 and to implement corporate-style reforms in Pakistan Railways. The ML-1 project, a crucial part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), aims to upgrade and modernise Pakistan Rai...

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