Oman offer to build Gwadar railway conjures Pakistan port's past

Singaporean investment also weighed as Belt and Road stop lacks train access

20220823 Gwadar port development progress, Pakistan. Imaged 13 February 2021

Gwadar's seafront under development in February 2021: Local experts say a railway is crucial to make the city a successful major port. © Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2021/Getty Images

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- A company from Oman is looking to invest in a train line that would link the Pakistani port town of Gwadar -- envisioned as a key stop on China's Belt and Road infrastructure network -- with Pakistan's main railway system.

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