Islamabad- The first freight train to run from Pakistan to Turkey through Iran has departed after a 10-year hiatus in a major boost to the trading credentials of the three founders of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). “The start of the container train from Pakistan to Iran and Turkey was a long-standing dream of the countries of the region, which came true again,” Pakistan’s Railways Minister Azam Khan Swati told the opening of the project. Iran and Pakistan hope to sign their long-awaited free trade agreement in the next couple of months which they believe will raise bilateral trade to $5 billion a year from $1 billion now.