{"id":93378,"date":"2025-04-27T21:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lahore-rawalpindi-bullet-train-project-hailed-as-milestone-for-punjabs-development-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T21:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:56:07","slug":"lahore-rawalpindi-bullet-train-project-hailed-as-milestone-for-punjabs-development-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lahore-rawalpindi-bullet-train-project-hailed-as-milestone-for-punjabs-development-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Lahore-Rawalpindi bullet train project hailed as milestone for Punjab\u2019s development | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"flex items-center text-center\"><figcaption class=\"text-3 font-sans uppercase mr-3 whitespace-no-wrap\"><span class=\"ls-art\">Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article<\/span><\/figcaption><audio class=\"h-5 w-60 sm:w-80 rounded-none\" preload=\"metadata\" controlslist=\"noplaybackrate nodownload\" id=\"tts\" controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/attachments\/speech_20250427161058092-2ils0.mp3\"\/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Members of the National and Punjab Assemblies have praised the provincial government\u2019s plan to build an international-standard bullet train between Rawalpindi and Lahore, calling it a landmark initiative for Punjab\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in the country\u2019s history, a bullet train project of international standards is being launched between Rawalpindi and Lahore, which parliamentarians believe will mark a major milestone in Punjab&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the matter, members of the National Assembly, Provincial Assembly, and Senate emphasised that the development of Punjab is integral to the development of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>They highlighted that it was former prime minister Nawaz Sharif\u2019s vision to initiate a bullet train project in the country. Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb and Federal Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi have reportedly completed the necessary groundwork to ensure the project&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentarians confirmed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will soon lay the foundation stone for the project, which they described as the beginning of a new era of growth and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>Former Senator Chaudhry Tanveer Khan stated that whenever the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) comes to power, the country sets on a path of rapid development. In an interview with Express News, he remarked that the world is moving towards modernization, and Pakistan must keep pace.<\/p>\n<p>PML-N Member of the National Assembly Nuzhat Sadiq credited Maryam Nawaz for transforming Punjab into a developed province. Senator Nasir Mehmood Butt noted that modern transportation systems are critical to a nation&#8217;s progress, and the bullet train project stands as a shining example.<\/p>\n<p>Barrister Daniyal Chaudhry, MNA, highlighted that the bullet train will not only save time but also provide the public with a high-quality transport facility. Similarly, Provincial Assembly member Malik Iftikhar said that the bullet train from Rawalpindi to Lahore would significantly change the lives of the people.<\/p>\n<p>Senior PML-N leader Haji Parvez added that the completion of the bullet train project would result in considerable savings of both fuel and time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article Members of the National and Punjab Assemblies have praised the provincial government\u2019s plan to build an international-standard bullet train between Rawalpindi and Lahore, calling it a landmark initiative for Punjab\u2019s development. For the first time in the country\u2019s history, a bullet train project of international standards is being launched between Rawalpindi and Lahore, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/bullet-pixa1745770101-0\/bullet-pixa1745770101-0.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faisalabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}