Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi held a meeting in Islamabad with Jiang Yi, Secretary General of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), who was accompanied by a delegation of senior representatives from China’s logistics, transport, and aviation sectors.
The discussions centered around expanding technical cooperation, improving freight operations, and identifying investment opportunities within Pakistan’s railway network. Both sides agreed on the importance of strengthening cross-border logistics links to support trade and economic integration.
Minister Abbasi highlighted Pakistan Railways’ ongoing development initiatives and invited foreign and private investment in key infrastructure projects. He informed the delegation that a financing agreement with the Asian Development Bank had already been signed for the Karachi-Rohri section, while future partnerships with China are being explored for other strategic segments, including Rohri-Peshawar, Nokundi-Gwadar, and the ML-2 corridor connecting Attock to Rohri.
He noted that the Karachi-Peshawar corridor is fully operational and plays a crucial role in linking trade routes to Central Asian countries. He also emphasized the strategic value of the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) railway corridor, which aims to boost regional connectivity and freight movement.
The Chinese delegation welcomed Pakistan Railways’ reform strategy and its openness to public-private collaboration. They expressed a strong interest in participating under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model, particularly in freight and infrastructure projects.
Minister Abbasi reiterated that Pakistan Railways is ready to engage in BOT-based partnerships and emphasized that future cooperation with Chinese firms would help introduce advanced freight handling technologies, digital logistics systems, and improved railway engineering standards across the network.
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The urgent action is required to make a double track primarily between Lahore and wazirabad as no bridge is involved in this rout and cost is small due to plain area.Commuters are a lot in this rout and usually trains get crosses in this section and that’s why reach late at Lahore from Rawalpindi.
bullet train is needed