CPEC projects offer great opportunities to business community: IIAA Chief
Islamabad: Islamabad Industrial Area Association (IIAA) Chief Faridoon Khattak Saturday said business community could get maximum benefits from China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. He said the CPEC was a game-changer not only for Pakistan but also for the whole region. He assured of IIAA’s full support to the government in carrying out CPEC in terms […]
Sherpao warns of protests if govt does not hold census
Peshawar: Expressing disappointing over postponing census, Qaumi Watan Party Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has warned the federal government of protest drives and convene an All Parties Conference. Talking to reporters here at his party secretariat on Saturday, Sherpao said, “18 years have passed that no census could be held while according to the Constitution […]
CPEC will be a game changer for region: CM Shahbaz
Islamabad: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif says China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will be a game changer for the region. The Chief Minister was speaking at a ceremony held in connection with the opening of fifth Pakistan-China Business Forum in Lahore today. About seven hundred delegates from China are participating in the forum where products pertaining to […]
‘Complete harmony on CPEC project’
Islamabad: Calling it a “game-changer”, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said all the reservations regarding the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) had been dealt with. “All the political parties and leaders from the western routes are on the same page. There is complete harmony on this project,” the minister said. He was […]
CPEC’s road links: Senate committee demands clear plan of western route
Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Communications on Friday directed the Ministry of Communication to present a detailed report regarding the road plan of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project; especially the western route in the next meeting. Chairing the meeting, Member of Senate Advocate Muhammad Daud Khan Achackzai said that since there exists a […]
Turkmenistan invited to join CPEC to boost its external trade
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Commerce, Khurram Dastgir Khan Thursday invited Turkmenistan to join China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and promote its external trade through Arabian Sea by utilizing the Pakistan’s southern port of Gwadar. “The port of Gwadar can prove very beneficial for all the Central Asian Countries, including Turkmenistan to promote their trade through […]
CPEC true manifestation of Pak-China friendship: Jhagra
Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Eng. Iqbal zafar Jhagra has said Pakistan and China were bound together in strong ties and the people of both countries had stood by each other in the moments of successes and trials. He said Pakistan and China are ‘Iron Brothers’ cooperating closely in all fields with the aim to […]
3 universities to open on CPEC route: Ahsan Iqbal
Islamabad: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said that three universities will be opened this year on the western route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project (CPEC). Addressing a seminar in Islamabad on Monday, he said FATA, Zhob and Gwadar universities will be opened along the western route. He said the government is focusing […]
Are capacity issues at bureaucratic level a serious threat to CPEC?
Muhammad Asad Chaudhry The incumbent government has repeatedly claimed that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will create massive employment opportunities in the country, but the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform has failed to make an assessment so far about the human resource that will be needed to complete the $46 billion project in Pakistan. […]
Chinese airline increases flights to Pakistan
Beijing: China Southern Airlines has increased the number of flights between Urumqi and Islamabad to promote people-to-people contacts between Pakistan and the Xinjiang region of China. Chairman of Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology, Wu Gang asserted that the businessmen should visit each other countries more frequently to reap benefits of the available business potential. He […]