ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said the mainline-1 (ML-1) project in collaboration with China, will provide jobs to 150,000 people of the country.
Pakistan and China agreed to amend a framework agreement on implementation of multi-billion dollars ML-1 project of the Pakistan Railways in a bid to reduce the size of the strategically important scheme and to complete it in three phases.
Sheikh Rasheed addressed the media saying he would step down if he failed to give employment to 150,000 people after completion of the ML-1 project. He said the PM Imran Khan would sign the project document on April 27.
The minister conceded that inflation was rising, but insisted that ‘the situation will get better.’ He vowed the government would soon build nursing college in Rawalpindi.
He also stated to donate all his assets for Fatima Jinnah University. He said PM Khan would inaugurate a childcare hospital in Rawalpindi. “We will change the face of Rawalpindi under the leadership of Imran Khan,” he said. (INP)
