ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court gives deadline for completion of ML – 1 projectand the Karachi Circular Railway.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government to complete the ML-1project in two years and the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) within threemonths.
The Supreme Court gave the orders during the hearing of a case pertainingto the losses incurred by Pakistan Railways. Minister of Railways ShaikhRasheed Ahmed and Minister for Planning Asad Umar were present duringtoday’s hearing.
Speaking to the media after the hearing, the railways minister saidrailways could not be fixed until the completion of ML-I.
“ML-I is the nerve centre of the railways.”
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“This is a strong message to those who had said that that CPEC had beenburied,” the minister said.
Rasheed further told the media that they had asked the top court for fiveyears about the completion of the project, however, the court gave them twoyears. “We will tell the Chinese that out court has given us the order.Hundred thousand people will work on the project out of which 95% will bePakistanis,” he added.
