Committee to be formed on CPEC : Ahsan
PESHAWAR: Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Wednesday said the government has decided to form a committee to address the grievances of the provinces on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). While briefing representatives of various political parties about CPEC in Peshawar, Iqbal said that the representatives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the […]
CPEC: PPP voices concern over neglecting Gilgit-Baltistan
ISLAMABAD: Following the hardline stance of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) chapter has planned to go to court for ignoring the region in the multibillion-dollar project. Talking to The Express Tribune, PPP G-B Chapter President Amjad Hussain said G-B has no voice in decision-making forums at […]
CPEC: Aftab Sherpao doubts govt’s plans for western route
PESHAWR: Qaumi Watan Party Chairperson Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has asked the federal government to give the province its due share in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “We lost East Pakistan because of economic disparity and keeping us economically backward may have serious consequences,” said the QWP chief at a press conference held at his […]
Western route of CPEC to be completed by 2018
QUETTA: The western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which would connect the port city of Gwadar with Quetta via Khuzdar, would be completed by 2018, said National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarar on Wednesday. He told Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri that 95 per cent of construction work on Gwadar-Ratodero […]
CPEC project to be completed in phases: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was a project of national importance and would be completed in phases for the economic development of the country. Addressing media persons after inauguration of GEO Spatial Technology Cell set up at the Ministry of Planning, Development […]
Bilawal wants Balochistan’s rights ensured in CPEC
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his party does not want to make China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) controversial but rights of Balochistan have to be ensured in the $46 billion mega project. A delegation of Balochistan National Party (BNP) led by Rauf Mengal called on PPP chairman Bilawal […]
Won’t let CPEC become ‘Kalabagh Dam’: Fazl
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman on Tuesday vowed not to let China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) become controversial like ‘Kalabagh Dam’. “Economic Corridor holds great significance and it is a brainchild of JUI,” claimed the Maulana while addressing a gathering at a programme here. He said how is it even possible that ‘we would […]