Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
and his entourage travelled in a high-speed train from Beijing to Shanghai on Saturday.
Chief Engineer and General Manager of the High-Speed Train Management Zhao Guotang gave a briefing to the prime minister on the project.
Mr Sharif expressed desire to build such projects in different cities of Pakistain to fulfil his commitment of providing comfortable transport facility to people.
| Mr Zhao told Mr Sharif that the project cost about $20 million per kilometre |
Around 220,000 people travel by the train daily and it covers a distance of 1,318km from Beijing to Shanghai in five hours. Almost 87 per cent of its rail track is elevated and the highest speed of the train is 310km per hour.
Executive President of China's Gezhouba company Yang Yisheng met the prime minister and expressed willingness to execute power, infrastructure and high-speed train projects in Pakistain.