Within a week of the announcement by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the authorities concerned have connected Orange Line with Faizabad to provide a direct connectivity to and from New Islamabad Airport.
After this linkage, the citizens would be able to travel between Faizabad and New Islamabad Airport, a PM Office statement said calling it the fulfillment of another commitment with residents of the twin cities.
The prime minister had operationalized the Orange Line project within four days of assuming his office which had been lying incomplete for last four years.
While announcing the project, he had also announced that the residents of Islamabad and Rawalpindi would enjoy free Metro traveling during Holy Ramzan.