*RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has saidthe mainline-1 (ML-1) project, to be done in collaboration with China, willprovide jobs to 150,000 people of the country.*
Pakistan and China yesterday agreed to amend a framework agreement onimplementation of multibillion dollars ML-1 project of the PakistanRailways in a bid to reduce the size of the strategically important schemeand to complete it in three phases.
During an address in Rawalpindi, Rasheed said he would step down if hefailed to give employment to 150,000 people after completion of the ML-1project.
He said the Prime Minister Imran Khan would sign the project document onApril 27.
The minister conceded that inflation was rising, but insisted that ‘thesituation will get better.’ He vowed the government would soon buildnursing college in Rawalpindi.
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He also stated to donate all his assets for Fatima Jinnah University. Hesaid PM Khan would inaugurate a childcare hospital in Rawalpindi
“We will change the face of Rawalpindi under the leadership of Imran Khan,”said the railways minister.
