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DECEMBER 2017
114TH ADVANCED RAILWAY COURSE
NOVEMBER 2017 TO FEBRUARY 2018
AT
• GOVERNMENT OWNED
• STRUCTURAL EXPERIMENTS
• LABOUR INTENSIVE
ORGANOGRAM OF PAKISTAN RAILWAYS
CURRENT
FUTURE VISION
OF
PAKISTAN RAILWAYS
PAKISTAN RAILWAYS VISION 2025
PAKISTAN RAILWAYS
INTO
TRANSIT RAILWAY
CHINA SPECIFIC
CPEC
CHINA PAKISTAN
ECONOMIC CORRIDOR
CPEC
SILK ROUTE
EXTENT OF SILK ROUTE/SILK ROAD. RED IS LAND ROUTE AND THE BLUE IS
THE SEA/WATER ROUTE
THE SILK ROAD OR SILK ROUTE
THE SILK ROAD OR SILK ROUTE WAS AN ANCIENT
NETWORK OF TRADE ROUTES THAT WERE FOR
CENTURIES CENTRAL TO CULTURAL INTERACTION
ORIGINALLY THROUGH REGIONS OF EURASIA
CONNECTING THE EAST AND WEST AND STRETCHING
FROM THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND JAPAN TO THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA. THE SILK ROAD CONCEPT REFERS
TO BOTH THE TERRESTRIAL AND THE MARITIME ROUTES
CONNECTING ASIA AND EUROPE. THE OVERLAND STEPPE
ROUTE STRETCHING THROUGH THE EURASIAN STEPPE IS
CONSIDERED THE ANCESTOR TO THE SILK ROAD(S).
While the term is of modern coinage, the Silk Road
derives its name from the lucrative trade in silk (and
horses) carried out along its length, beginning
during the Han Dynasty (207 BCE – 220 CE). The
Han dynasty expanded Central Asian sections of the
trade routes around 114 BCE, largely through
missions and explorations of the Chinese imperial
envoy, Zhang Qian. The Chinese took great interest
in the safety of their trade products and extended
the Great Wall of China to ensure the protection of
the trade route.
Silk Road, also called Silk Route,
ancient trade route, linking China
with the West, that carried goods
and ideas between the two great
civilizations of Rome
and China. Silk went westward,
and wools, gold, and silver went
east. China also received Nestorian
Christianity and Buddhism from
India via the Silk Road.
SILK ROUTE
A HISTORIC TRADE ROUTE USED FROM THE SECOND
CENTURY BC THROUGH 14TH CENTURY AD THAT WENT
FROM CHINA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE SILK ROUTE
IS SO NAMED BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY OF
TRADING SILK DURING THAT PERIOD. THIS VALUABLE
FABRIC ORIGINATED IN CHINA, WHICH INITIALLY HAD A
MONOPOLY ON ITS SILK PRODUCTION UNTIL THE
SECRETS OF ITS CREATION SPREAD. THE SILK ROUTE
TRAVERSED CHINA, INDIA, PERSIA, ARABIA, GREECE AND
ITALY. IN ADDITION TO SILK, THE ROUTE FACILITATED THE
TRADE OF OTHER FABRICS, SPICES, GRAINS, FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES, ANIMAL HIDES, WOOD AND METAL
work, precious stones and other items of value.
CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR
The CPEC is intended to promote connectivity
across Pakistan with a network of highways,
railways, and pipelines accompanied by energy,
industrial, and other infrastructure development
projects to address critical energy shortages
needed to boost Pakistan’s economic growth.
Eventually, the CPEC will also facilitate trade
along an overland route that connects China to
the Indian Ocean, linking the Chinese city of
Kashgar to the Pakistani port of Gwadar.
Source:
‘Behind China’s Gambit in Pakistan’, Expert Brief by Daniel S. Markey and James West, 12, 2016, Council on Foreign Relations,
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CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR
China Pakistan Economic Corridor is hope of better region of the future with
peace, development and growth of economy
PSDP PROJECTS
• CPEC RELATED PROJECTS UNDER PSDP
C P E C - T R A N S P O R TAT I O N I N F R A S T R U C T U R E
PROJECT NAME COMPANY NAME STATUS PROGRESS
KKH PhaseII(Havelian- Thakot China Road and Bridge
Under construction 70%
Section),120 km Corporation
Karachi-Lahore Motorway (Sukkur- China State Construction
Under construction 70%
Multan Section),392 km Engineering Corporation Limited
Feasibility study
Joint Feasibility Study for
completed;
Upgradation of ML1 and China Railway 100%
Framework
Establishment of Havelian Dryport
Agreement signed
Upgradation of ML-1 (Multan-Lahore Government
Section, 339 km; Hyderabad-Multan Framework
TBD 40%
Section, 749 km; Kemari-Hyderabad Agreement under
Section, 182 km) discussion
New Havelian Dry Port TBD Feasibility stage 15%
Khuzdar-Basima Highway (N-30), 110
TBD Feasibility stage 15%
km
KKH Phase III(Raikot-Thakot
TBD Feasibility stage 15%
Section)280km
D.I.Khan-Quetta Highway (N-50),
TBD Feasibility stage 15%
533km
SOURCE:
https://www.omicsonline.org/pdfdownload.php?download=open-access/chinapakistan-economic-corridor-and-
its-social-implication-on-pakistanhow-will-cpec-boost-pakistans-infrastructures-and-overcome-t-2151-6200-
1000265.pdf&aid=88335
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CONCLUSION:
IN THE PAST, PAKISTAN AND CHINA HAVE
ENGAGED IN A VARIETY OF DIFFICULT PROJECTS
THAT WERE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE
CONSTRAINTS INVOLVED AND STILL MANAGED TO
ACHIEVE SUCCESS. THE KARAKORUM HIGHWAY
STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT. UTILIZING
FIRM POLITICAL RESOLVE, REVOLUTIONARY
INSIGHT AND UNYIELDING FORTITUDE, BOTH
NATIONS CAN SURMOUNT THE CHALLENGES AND
TRANSFORM THE CPEC FROM PAPER TO REALITY
CPEC - WEBPAGE - PAKISTAN
http://cpec.gov.pk/