| Groundbreaking ceremony of Karachi Circular Railway – part of China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – will be held by year end, said Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah. Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved the project and we intend to start work on it by end December, he said. Shah, accompanied by CMs of Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber had attended PM Nawaz Sharif’s meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chinese Prime Minister Li Kaqiang in Beijing to participate in the OBOR forum in May. Discussing project details, Sindh CM said his government had proposed two projects – Karachi Circular Railway and Keti Bundar – under CPEC framework. We have completed KCR’s feasibility in three months and had submitted it to federal government in March 2017, he added. Sindh government stands shoulder to shoulder with federal government on Pak-China friendship and CPEC projects, said the CM. |
