A delayed start is better than no start. The decision to kickstart the 1,733-km-long Karachi-Peshawar Main Line-1 (ML-1) project – by commencing procedural activities for an elevated 480-km railway track from Karachi to Rohri in its first phase – is a welcome development. The $2.5 billion project had been in limbo for a long time, infected with bureaucratic lethargy as well as a lack of funding owing to an unconducive local and international environment. The good point, however, is that spade work has been done, and proactive ministerial........

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