Road to progress: ‘Economic corridor should be national consensus project’

Lahore: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) should be completed without regard to which party is leading the government, speakers at a discussion on the project at a local hotel said on Sunday. Politicians, academics, journalists and foreign policy experts attended the talk organised by Muhammad Mehdi, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and chairman of […]

‘CPEC as sensitive as nuclear programme’

Lahore: Participants of a discussion have called upon all the stakeholders for executing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as carefully as it was done in the case of national atomic programme. Former Foreign Secretary Shamshad Ahmed Khan, Prof Dr Farooq Hasnat, PML-N Senator Mushahidullah Khan, Prof Dr Amjad Magsi and others joined the discussion hosted by PML-N […]

CPEC transparency

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor may be a genuine, transformational moment in the country’s history, but, as with so much else under the present government, there is far too much secrecy and far too little transparency when it comes to the execution of colossal infrastructure and energy projects. The sense that the PML-N government appears to […]

Parliamentary body on CPEC visits Gwadar

The Parliamentary Committee on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), led by its Chairman Senator Mushahid Husain Sayed, visited the port town Gwadar and inspected the route of the CPEC. The committee inspected three segments of the route, including Tallar, Turbat and Hushab. It also inspected nine construction camps where the pace of work is fast […]

Holistic relations: Book on Pak-China friendship launched

  Islamabad: The China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) will change the destiny of the two countries. This was stated by Planning, Development and Reforms Minister  Ahsan Iqbal at the launch of a book on China-Pakistan friendship. The book titled ‘You and Us: Stories of China and Pakistan’ is a compilation of stories of the bilateral friendship […]

Hussain seeks pool of skilled workers for CPEC project

  Islamabad: President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday urged the national educational institutions to prepare a sufficient pool of skilled workers keeping in mind the requirements of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Addressing a convocation of the National University of Modern Language in Islamabad, he said the CPEC was envisaging an investment of around $45 […]

PTI doesn’t want to make CPEC controversial: Shah Mehmood

  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi  has said that the party does not want to make China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) a controversial project however the government is not addressing its reservations. He expressed these views while talking to the media after PTI delegation met Opposition Leader in the National Assembly (NA) Khursheed Shah […]

China, Pakistan to adopt zero tolerance policy against corruption in CPEC

By Mian Abrar  Islamabad:China on Wednesday made public its intention to bring under strict scrutiny all projects being implemented vis-à-vis the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with China’s Anti-corruption watchdog Vice Minister Liu Jianchao saying that strict vigilance would be applied in execution of all the projects of CPEC. “Corruption is not only a threat to […]

CPEC made part of China’s 13th five-year development plan:Chinese Ambassador

By Muhammad Asghar Islamabad: China has made the historic China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative as part of its 13th five-year economic and social development plan for the year 2016-2020. The leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have approved proposals for the plan at the fifth plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central […]

Pakistan China at positive turning points for development

Pakistan and China are planning to work on energy and transport corridor through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea for the economic growth and development needs of both countries this year. This plan includes big investment to construct road links, rail tracks, energy pipelines and telecommunication infrastructure between China and Gawadar Port Pakistan. The economic corridor […]