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Railway link planned

B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD: Xinjiang Uyger autonomous region of China would soon have a feasibility study to consider establishment of a rail link with Pakistan to expand the avenues of bilateral cooperation in socio-economic sectors. A dispatch from Urumqi by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) quoted Governor of Xinjiang Uynger, Ismail Tiliwaldi as telling the visiting delegation of Pakistan Muslim League (PML) led by Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, "We will soon hold a feasibility study to find out possibilities of operating a rail network between the two brotherly countries through Kashgar." It said the two sides agreed that the western region has rich potential to emerge as hub of Sino-Pak business activities. Pakistan and China have already decided to start a regular bus service between Kashgar and Gilgit on a daily basis from June 1.

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