Pakistan's Punjab eyes multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project

Experts doubt feasibility, as China is unlikely to finance the project

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The Orange Line Metro Train, built by China, travels through Lahore in May 2018. Experts question whether Beijing would support Punjab province's proposed high-speed railway. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's provincial government of Punjab recently unveiled plans to build a multibillion-dollar high-speed railway linking the capital region to Lahore, the country's second-largest city.

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