LAHORE: Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said Prime Minister Imran Khan would inaugurate a shuttle train to Gujranwala on the 5th of next month.

Speaking to the media today in Lahore, he said twenty new freight trains will operate this year while the dry port of Mughalpura Lahore will be inaugurated in the coming days after a six-year break.

He also said the consultation for the ML1 project is in progress with Chinese officials.

Sheikh Rasheed also added that over a hundred thousand railway workers will be recruited.