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 […]

Rising Pakistan

PAKISTAN emerged on the world map on Aug. 14, 1947. It is the sixth largest country in terms of population and tenth in terms of manpower. The country has extensive mineral resources, including fairly sizable reserves of gypsum, limestone, chromites, iron, silver and gold. It has large coal reserves in Sindh and Balochistan. Perennial rivers […]

World Bank endorses Belt and Road

ENVISAGING greater connectivity and cooperation amongst Eurasia, ‘One Belt One Road Initiative’ put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 to revive the old silk route, is being endorsed on regular basis by different quarters including world leaders, economists and experts because of the immense opportunities offered by the multi-billion dollar project for economic […]

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 […]

INTERVIEW: CPEC needs ‘strategic consensus’ between Pakistani leaders –Li Jun, Assistant Minister for IDCPC Central Committee

Mian Abrar China’s largest project overseas Recently, China has expanded its diplomatic engagement with Pakistan – in the backdrop of breakneck cooperation regarding CPEC, of course. Along with economic/financial and diplomatic interaction, the two countries are also coming together politically in unprecedented ways. The assistant minister for Central Committee of the International Department of the […]

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 […]