SOUTH Asia’s first electric train is up and running in Lahore,Pakistan,bringing hi-tech rail travel to the city of more than 12 million people.“The‘Orange Line Metro Train,’(OLMT Lahore project)is a gift from the Chinese to the Pakistani people,”Chinese Consul General Lahore,Long Dingbin,told China Today.OLMT Lahore,constructed and operated with Chinese technology,was put into operation on October 25,as a project of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC),an iconic and mega-funded development venture of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).Inaugural ceremonies for Pakistan’s first ever metro train service took place simultaneously in Lahore and Beijing.