ISLAMABAD: Announcing that China and Pakistan have agreement on the technical issues of $8.2 billion Main Railway Line (ML-I) and cleared a few other road projects and Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), Minister for Interior and Planning Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday called for political stability and continuity of policy to enable the country to take off.
“I request all the political forces, powerful quarters and mover and shakers of the system to concentrate jointly on the economic development of the country,” Mr Iqbal told journalists after 52nd review meeting of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in follow-up to the recent conclusion of the Joint Working Group meetings in Beijing.
He said the current year was very important, also in view of upcoming general election, to give a united message to the international investors particularly those from China that Pakistan was a stable destination but “we would be destroying the future of our generations if we created an environment of uncertainty because such opportunities become available in centuries.”
The technical and financial agreements on the ML-I would be finalised by March while construction to be started immediately.
