China and Pakistan are planning to build a railway line connecting the two countries from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) to Kashgar, an old Chinese Silk road town in the restive north-western Xinjiang province said Masood Khan, Pakistan's ambassador to China.
"A feasibility study of the railway had been conducted but there was still no time-table for starting the construction," Masood said.
According to Pakistan state run APP news agency, the Ambassador said that the railway line will shorten China's trading routes from the Gulf to Shanghai by 5,000 miles.
"The railway link will make the route very short,” Khan said.
After China accused Pakistan of harbouring Xinjiang’s “Islamic separatist forces”, the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on a visit to Xinjiang last week said that the troubled region plays an important and strategic role in building relationship between the two countries.
During the visit, the Pakistani President reportedly discussed the laying down of a cross border pipeline to transport oil and gas to China through inland Eurasia.
India lays claim over the disputed PoK area and any interference by a third country in the region is bound to raise temperatures in New Delhi.
Indian intelligence agencies had in May last gathered evidence on the presence of several hundred of China’s People's Liberation Army engineers working in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir under the guise of regular Chinese workers.
A vehement China had then officially denied the presence of Chinese military in the region
source: phayul
"A feasibility study of the railway had been conducted but there was still no time-table for starting the construction," Masood said.
According to Pakistan state run APP news agency, the Ambassador said that the railway line will shorten China's trading routes from the Gulf to Shanghai by 5,000 miles.
"The railway link will make the route very short,” Khan said.
After China accused Pakistan of harbouring Xinjiang’s “Islamic separatist forces”, the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on a visit to Xinjiang last week said that the troubled region plays an important and strategic role in building relationship between the two countries.
During the visit, the Pakistani President reportedly discussed the laying down of a cross border pipeline to transport oil and gas to China through inland Eurasia.
India lays claim over the disputed PoK area and any interference by a third country in the region is bound to raise temperatures in New Delhi.
Indian intelligence agencies had in May last gathered evidence on the presence of several hundred of China’s People's Liberation Army engineers working in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir under the guise of regular Chinese workers.
A vehement China had then officially denied the presence of Chinese military in the region
source: phayul
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