Pakistan’s Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said the Main-Line-I (ML-I) railway track will be extended by 154 km, from Peshawar to Jalalabad in Afghanistan.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of a freight train at the newly restored dry port, he said that completion of the ML-I project was the main objective.

He said the project was being completed in collaboration with China under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative to improve railway connectivity between Peshawar, Lahore, and Karachi.
Rashid declared the track between Peshawar and Jalalabad would also be included in CPEC.
He also warned that no one would be allowed to create hurdles in the implementation of the CPEC projects.