![]() The chief minister of Punjab province, Shehbaz Sharif, promises the train will be completed by the end of 2017 - months before his brother, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, faces reelection. Yet the demolitions of Postal Colony and other adjacent properties continue. Judges have blocked construction near 11 shrines, churches and historical sites. ![]() In Pakistan, it also has raised concerns over a lack of oversight in projects like the Orange Line, the first such mass transit system in the country.Īctivists have filed lawsuits accusing the government of bypassing transparency laws, not fairly compensating evicted residents and ignoring the health and environmental effect of carving a 17-mile train track - nearly all of it above ground - through some of Lahore’s oldest and most densely populated neighborhoods.
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