Report by Engineering Post
Pakistan Railways was continuing implementation of 41 ongoing development schemes during the financial year 2025-26.
These under-implementation development schemes were being executed at a total estimated cost of Rs 2236803.685 million. An estimated expenditure of Rs 116553.436 million was reported to have been incurred on continued implementation of these schemes by end June 2025. Against a throw forward of Rs 212025.249 million, Railways have allocated total of Rs 22365.000 million for implementation of its ongoing development schemes under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) during financial year 2025-26. Quite interestingly for the first time foreign aid component of all these schemes has not been mentioned.
The ongoing schemes include “Remodified PC-1 for Up gradation of Pakistan Railways existing Main Line (ML-1) and establishment of Dryport near Havelian at an estimated cost of Rs 1970220.930 including Rupee Cover of Rs 1674687.000 million and an amount of only Rs 3000.000 million has been allocated for its continued execution during the current financial year. The major Railway project’s modified PC-I was last approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in July 2024. Quite alarmingly, it has also not been mentioned for the first time that the major Railway Project ML-1 is going to be executed under the overall framework of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) or not through concessional financing by China.
Only one new scheme ” Feasibility Study for Trans Afghan Rail connectivity from Karachi (Pakistan) to Mazar-e-Sharif (Afghanistan) via Logar (approximately 677 kilometers) with an Unapproved status has been listed at an estimated cost of Rs 1401.1 400 million during the new fiscal year.
More about Railways ongoing development schemes and their status of implementation may be mentioned on these pages later on, please.
