{"id":64361,"date":"2020-04-21T12:15:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T07:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64361"},"modified":"2020-04-21T12:15:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T07:15:14","slug":"cpec-authority-chairman-rumours-about-shelving-ml-1-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cpec-authority-chairman-rumours-about-shelving-ml-1-project.html","title":{"rendered":"CPEC Authority chairman shuns rumours about shelving ML-1 project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lieutenant General (retired) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Sunday shunned rumours with regard to the shelving of the Main Line (ML-1) mega railway project, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/japan-to-offer-additional-unhcr-mediated-funds-to-pakistan-for-covid-19-assistance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Japan to offer additional UNHCR-mediated funds to Pakistan for COVID-19 assistance (opens in a new tab)\">Japan to offer additional UNHCR-mediated funds to Pakistan for COVID-19 assistance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further stated that negotiations about the financing of ML-1 with China had almost reached completion. He said that there was no truth to the rumours and that the government was pursing the project on a fast track basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/corona-tiger-force-registrations-overseas-pakistanis-start-this-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\"> Corona Tiger Force registrations for overseas Pakistanis to start this month<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CPEC Authority chief said that all evaluations and feasibility reports of the ML-1 projects had been executed and the authorities were consulting experts and stakeholders for the purpose. He said that ML-1 was the largest CPEC infrastructure project which would generate employment opportunities on a large scale and modernise railway and logistics in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-host-international-conference-covid-19-containment-measures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pakistan hosts international conference to discuss COVID-19 containment measures (opens in a new tab)\">Pakistan hosts international conference to discuss COVID-19 containment measures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-releases-100-funds-earmarked-ml-1-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ML-1 Railway project  (opens in a new tab)\">ML-1 Railway project <\/a>is part of the CPEC and includes the up-gradation of a railway track as long as 1,872 kilometres between Peshawar and Karachi at the cost of USD 9 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lieutenant General (retired) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Sunday shunned rumours with regard to the shelving of the Main Line (ML-1) mega railway project, a news source reported. Read: Japan to offer additional UNHCR-mediated funds to Pakistan for COVID-19 assistance He further stated that negotiations about the financing of ML-1 with China had almost reached completion. He said that there was no truth to the rumours and that the government was pursing the project on a fast track basis. Read: Corona Tiger Force registrations for overseas Pakistanis to start this month The CPEC Authority chief said that all evaluations and feasibility reports of the ML-1 projects had been executed and the authorities were consulting experts and stakeholders for the purpose. He said that ML-1 was the largest CPEC infrastructure project which would generate employment opportunities on a large scale and modernise railway and logistics in the country. Read: Pakistan hosts international conference to discuss COVID-19 containment measures ML-1 Railway project is part of the CPEC and includes the up-gradation of a railway track as long as 1,872 kilometres between Peshawar and Karachi at the cost of USD 9 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":62358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[26796,22096,26797],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-64361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-development-projects","tag-authority-chairman-lieutenant-general-retired-asim-saleem-bajwa","tag-china-pakistan-economic-corridor-cpec","tag-main-line-ml-1-mega-railway-project","cat-20385-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CPEC chairman shuns rumours shelving ML-1 project - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lieutenant General (retired) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Sunday shunned rumours\" \/>\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\/cpec-authority-chairman-rumours-about-shelving-ml-1-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CPEC chairman shuns rumours shelving ML-1 project - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lieutenant General (retired) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Sunday shunned rumours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cpec-authority-chairman-rumours-about-shelving-ml-1-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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