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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, UAE sign rail corridor plan to Pakistan

By Drooid · Oct 6, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC · How we work

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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the UAE signed a memorandum of understanding for railway corridor linking Central Asia with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the UAE ministries will conduct technical and economic feasibility studies for the railway.
The corridor could move up to 10 million metric tons of cargo to Karachi and Gwadar ports.
Pakistan Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal called for an accelerated feasibility study and joint financing with Uzbekistan.

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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the UAE signed a memorandum of understanding for railway corridor linking Central Asia with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the UAE ministries will conduct technical and economic feasibility studies for the railway.
The corridor could move up to 10 million metric tons of cargo to Karachi and Gwadar ports.
Pakistan Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal called for an accelerated feasibility study and joint financing with Uzbekistan.