Gul: "Pakistan will resurrect the Istanbul-Islamabad rail line"

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, currently visiting Turkey, has pledged to resurrect freight railway service between Istanbul and Islamabad, in a train to be called "The Gul Train," announced President Abdullah Gul yesterday. "All rail lines from Islamabad to London will thus be connected," explained Gul. "European countries will be reachable through this line."