PM lays foundation stone of CPEC’s western route
ZHOB: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif laid the foundation stone of the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) — Zhob-Mughal Kot (N-50) and Qila Saifullah-Wagum (N-70) highways — here on Wednesday. The 81-kilometre-long Zhob-Mughal Kot highway is expected to be completed at a cost of Rs8.8 billion and the 126-km Qila Saifullah-Wagum highway at […]
Peace must for CPEC success: ANP
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on Wednesday that ending terrorism from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas and development of Balochistan were essential for the success of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). In a statement issued here, Mr Hussain urged the government to fulfil promises it made at the […]
CM seeks all facilities on CPEC’s western route
NOWSHERA: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that his government would not accept the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) unless it included all the facilities of the economic corridor. Talking to reporters at the wedding ceremony of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Malik Ibrar Khan’s sons, he said that the western route of the CPEC had nothing […]
Govt taking effective measures for riding country of loadshedding
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that Pakistan Muslim League-N government, led by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, was taking effective measures for ridding the country of loadshedding. Talking to elected representatives of PML-N here, he said that under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, 1320-megawatt coal-based powerhouse was being set up in Sahiwal and […]
BOI identifies 15 sites along CPEC route to set up industrial zones
Islamabad: Board of Investment (BOI) in consultation with all the provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan has so far identified 15 sites for the establishment of Special Industrial Zones alongside China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). According to an official of Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, seven sites have been identified in Balochistan and eight in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Prime […]
China, Pakistan sign financing agreement for Thar power project
China and Pakistan on Monday signed a financing agreement for a coal power project located in the Thar coalfield in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The project will cost in excess of $2 billion, including the exploitation of a 3.8-million-tonne coal mine and the construction of a 660,000-kw power station near the mine. China will contribute $800 […]
CPEC to help realize dream of economically developed Pakistan: Ahsan
Islamabad: Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal has expressed the hope that Vision-2025 and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will help realize the dream of economically developed Pakistan. Speaking at a function here, he said Pakistan is a successful emerging state, which can be developed economically through self-belief and positivity. He said Pakistan needs seven to eight percent […]
Govt plans to upgrade railway tracks under CPEC
Islamabad: The government has planned laying and up-gradation of railway tracks under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project. Under the plan, new railway tracks would be laid from Gwadar to Quetta and Jacobabad via Besima. Five hundred and sixty kilometres track would be laid from Bostan to Kotla Jam on Main Line-II via Zhob and Dera Islamil […]
Western route of CPEC to be completed by Dec 2016: Mushahid
Islamabad:Chairman Parliamentary Oversight Committee on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Mushahid Hussain Sayed Monday said the western route of the Corridor would be completed by December next year. He said the Committee members visited Balochistan and they would visit Sindh next month, Radio Pakistan reported. Mushahid said the Committee would visit China next year on […]
Pak-China have a shared future: Chinese FM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif met Chinese delegation led by H.E Mr Wang Yi, Foreign Minister at PM House today. The Chinese Foreign Minister said that China and Pakistan have a shared future and China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the largest comprehensive project with any foreign country. ‘Pakistan and China are partners in […]