Cheema seeks ADB action on ML-1

The Express Tribune • Oct 16, 2026

Cheema seeks ADB action on ML-1

Pakistan has sought expanded private-sector lending from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and faster processing of the ML-1 Railway Upgradation Project, with ADB President Masato Kanda committing to fast-track the bank's institutional processes for the flagship scheme. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Pakistan's Governor to the ADB Ahad Khan Cheema raised the requests at a meeting with Kanda on the sideline...