{"id":61891,"date":"2020-02-24T18:23:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61891"},"modified":"2020-02-24T18:23:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:23:26","slug":"railway-line-to-be-laid-between-thar-and-port-qasim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railway-line-to-be-laid-between-thar-and-port-qasim.html","title":{"rendered":"Railway line to be laid between Thar and Port Qasim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: A new 105-kilometre-long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railway-track-planned-coal-transportation-port-qasim.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"railway track (opens in a new tab)\">railway track<\/a> has been planned between Chorr and Islamkot for the purpose of shipping coal from Thar to Port Qasim, according to a news source. As per the publication, these project announcements come in addition to the previously proposed 1,320 MW power plant in Thar Coal Block-VI \u2014 with all ventures falling under the purview of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/oil-terminal-to-be-set-up-in-port-qasim.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Oil terminal to be set up in Port Qasim (opens in a new tab)\">Oil terminal to be set up in Port Qasim<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\ndecision was made in this regard during a meeting between Sindh Chief Minister\n(CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah and Chairman CPEC Authority General (R) Asim Saleem\nBajwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During\nthe session, CM Murad revealed that three CPEC-related projects had already\nbeen approved in the province, including the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), the\nChina Special Economic Zone Dhabeji, and Keti Bandar. He added that the projects\nwould be launched once their financial models had been finalised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, Chairman Bajwa stated that the formalities and the documentation for the CPEC projects should be finalised before the Chinese President\u2019s visit to Pakistan (expected between May and June this year). He informed the CM that he would progress with the development of projects that had already been approved in order to to initiate work on them at the earliest opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-to-launch-thar-coal-block-iv-for-coal-gas-urea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh govt to launch Thar Coal Block-IV for coal, gas, urea (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh govt to launch Thar Coal Block-IV for coal, gas, urea<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nchairman further said that the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) had become one of the\nmost loaded ports in the city, and that a plan was being formulated to\nconstruct an expressway from the sea to Malir Expressway to improve the\nsituation. In response, CM Murad said that from a strategic point of view, Keti\nBandar was also an important port and would reduce the burden on KPT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly,\nCM Murad took the chance to reveal that 1,530 acres of land had been allotted\nfor the China Special Economic Zone at Dhabeji.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: A new 105-kilometre-long railway track has been planned between Chorr and Islamkot for the purpose of shipping coal from Thar to Port Qasim, according to a news source. As per the publication, these project announcements come in addition to the previously proposed 1,320 MW power plant in Thar Coal Block-VI \u2014 with all ventures falling under the purview of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative. Read: Oil terminal to be set up in Port Qasim A decision was made in this regard during a meeting between Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah and Chairman CPEC Authority General (R) Asim Saleem Bajwa. During the session, CM Murad revealed that three CPEC-related projects had already been approved in the province, including the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), the China Special Economic Zone Dhabeji, and Keti Bandar. He added that the projects would be launched once their financial models had been finalised. On the other hand, Chairman Bajwa stated that the formalities and the documentation for the CPEC projects should be finalised before the Chinese President\u2019s visit to Pakistan (expected between May and June this year). He informed the CM that he would progress with the development of projects that had&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[5228,12462,7280,20783,5423,6556,20784],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-cpec-projects","9":"tag-dhabeji","10":"tag-port-qasim","11":"tag-railway-line-to-be-laid-between-thar-and-port-qasim","12":"tag-thar","13":"tag-thar-coal","14":"tag-thar-coal-block-vi","15":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Railway line to be laid between Thar and Port Qasim - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new 105-kilometre-long railway track has been planned between Chorr and Islamkot for the purpose of shipping coal from Thar to Port Qasim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railway-line-to-be-laid-between-thar-and-port-qasim.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Railway line to be laid between Thar and Port Qasim - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new 105-kilometre-long railway track has been planned between Chorr and Islamkot for the purpose of shipping coal from Thar to Port Qasim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railway-line-to-be-laid-between-thar-and-port-qasim.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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