Belt and Road
Islamabad’s serial design changes to Main Line-1 railway have frustrated Beijing
People board an overcrowded passenger train at a railway station in Lahore on March 29. A formerly China-funded railway project in Pakistan has a new lease on life now that the Asian Development Bank has stepped up with a lending package. © AP
ADNAN AAMIR
September 2, 2025 12:51 JST
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has decided to proceed with its largest project of the Belt and Road Initiative with a loan from the Asian Development Bank now that Beijing has retreated due to mounting concerns over unpaid power sector dues and security challenges.