{"id":67307,"date":"2020-06-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=67307"},"modified":"2020-08-06T12:57:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T07:57:41","slug":"ecnec-review-ml-1-project-july-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-review-ml-1-project-july-approval.html","title":{"rendered":"ECNEC approves upgradation project of ML-1 track, others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid on Friday stated that the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) would review the Main Line (ML)-1 project in July in a bid to grant final approval to the initiative, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/funds-reserved-for-railways-ml-1-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Budget 2020-21: PKR 1.24 trillion reserved for Pakistan Railways ML-1, other projects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking to the media, Rashid revealed that the ECNEC meeting has been scheduled for July 9, during which it would review the ML-1 project for approval. Previously, the Central Development Working Party (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cdwp-review-ml-1-projects-worth-pkr-100-bn-tomorrow.html\">CDWP<\/a>) had recommended the project for ECNEC\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussing the ML-1 approval, the minister extended his thanks to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa for raising the project with the Chinese government on every forum. He also announced 0.1 million job openings in the Railways Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that a tender in this regard would be floated soon. He also revealed that the Pakistan Railways would establish a Railways University near Carriage Factory, for which discussions were underway with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railways-submit-revised-pc-i-ml-1-planning-ministrys-approval.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Railways submit revised PC-I of ML-1 for planning ministry\u2019s approval<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ML-1 is a project costing around USD 7.2 billion under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid on Friday stated that the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) would review the Main Line (ML)-1 project in July in a bid to grant final approval to the initiative, a news source reported. Read: Budget 2020-21: PKR 1.24 trillion reserved for Pakistan Railways ML-1, other projects Talking to the media, Rashid revealed that the ECNEC meeting has been scheduled for July 9, during which it would review the ML-1 project for approval. Previously, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) had recommended the project for ECNEC\u2019s approval. Discussing the ML-1 approval, the minister extended his thanks to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa for raising the project with the Chinese government on every forum. He also announced 0.1 million job openings in the Railways Department. He added that a tender in this regard would be floated soon. He also revealed that the Pakistan Railways would establish a Railways University near Carriage Factory, for which discussions were underway with China. Read: Railways submit revised PC-I of ML-1 for planning ministry\u2019s approval The ML-1 is a project costing around USD 7.2 billion under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":62358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[33172],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-details-on-ecnec-to-review-ml-1-project-in-july-for-final-approval","9":"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>ECNEC approves upgradation project of ML-1 track - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid on Friday stated that ECNEC would review the ML-1 project in July to grant approval to the initiative.\" \/>\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\/ecnec-review-ml-1-project-july-approval.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECNEC approves upgradation project of ML-1 track - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid on Friday stated that ECNEC would review the ML-1 project in July to grant approval to the initiative.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-review-ml-1-project-july-approval.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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