Eastern alignment of CPEC: CDWP clears Rs34b Burhan Havelian expressway
By Shahbaz Rana The government on Friday cleared the Burhan-Havelian road to complete a missing link on the eastern alignment of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor at a cost of over Rs34 billion, while also giving the green light to a Rs202 million scheme for renovating the sprawling Prime Minister’s Office. The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) […]
An enduring partnership
Pakistan has all that’s required to be a star economy in Asia. From the pristine coastline of Gwadar in the south to the spectacular mountains of the north, it’s a resource-rich country located near the massive economies of China and India. More importantly, it has a young and dynamic population. Every time I visit Pakistan, […]
China unveils rail network upgrade, gas pipeline plans for Pakistan
Beijing: China will invest about $8.5 billion to upgrade Pakistan’s rail network and to build a key gas pipeline with Iran to meet the country’s energy needs. The Central Development Working Party (CDWP), a Pakistan body to authorise major projects, on Wednesday approved the two projects worth $10 billion. China will provide loans equivalent to […]
Chahbahar and Gwadar
Ikram Sehgal What a coincidence of history that Alexander the Great 2500 years ago followed roughly the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) down the Indus before marching west along the coast to Tiz (later renamed Tis), an ancient port between Chahbahar and Gwadar. The recent tripartite India-Iran-Afghanistan transit trade agreement envisages Chahbahar countering CPEC’s being an […]
Pak-China review progress of 1320 MW power plant at Port Qasim
Islamabad: A meeting between Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and President Power China Du Chungou held in Islamabad today. The meeting reviewed progress on 1320 MW power plant at Port Qasim and expressed satisfaction over the pace of work on the project. The Minister said, this power plant was a flagship project of China Pakistan Economic […]
Balochistan projects: Work on stalled highway projects to resume
Islamabad: Dismissal of a case by the Islamabad Court (IHC), work on two crucial highway projects in Balochistan worth Rs17 billion — part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) — is likely to resume after months-long break. The two projects are being financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and set to complete in two […]
The Western Route
Islamabad: Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance have expressed their discontent with the government on its handling of the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, implying that the authorities were undermining the project through their clandestine. Yesterday, the Senate Special Committee on CPEC also raised the same concerns regarding the disputed western […]
Raise in CPEC’s western route budget proposed
Islamabad: A senate panel has unanimously recommended the government to further increase budgetary allocations for the western route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), showing apprehensions that the government was still not serious on building the road on priority. The Senate Standing Committee on Finance also proposed the government to increase salaries and pensions of federal […]
Is Chabahar a danger to Pakistan?
ndia and Iran recently inked the Chabahar Pact, sending alarm bells ringing in Pakistan. Located at the Sistan-Baluchistan province lying to the southern coast of Iran, it offers great strategic pathway to India, easily bypassing Pakistan. The route allows outreach to Afghanistan, a land locked country. For India, transport costs and freight time will approximately […]
PM lashes out at Opp during Multan-Sukkur motorway groundbreaking
Sukkur: Coming hard on his political opponents who are out to discredit him, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that terrorists and his political opponents both have identical agenda of preventing the country’s development, prosperity of the people, creating uncertainty and law and order problem. The Prime Minister was addressing a gathering in Sukkur after ground breaking ceremony of […]