COAS, Chinese FM discuss bilateral defence, security cooperation
Rawalpindi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Army Chief General Raheel Sharif in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. During the meeting focus of discussion was on regional security, enhanced bilateral defence and security cooperation between the two countries. Wang Yi appreciated progress of an effective, across the board Operation Zarb-e-Azb by Pakistan Army which helped eliminate […]
CPEC TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN COUNTRY: QADIR
ISLAMABAD: Minister for States and Frontier Regions General (Rtd) Abdul Qadir Baloch Monday said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would bring socio-economic prosperity in the country. He said natural resources of Balochistan will be utilized for the welfare of the people of the province, Radio Pakistan reported. He said law and order situation has […]
‘Academics can prepare people for CPEC’
LAHORE: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will have a significant impact on the society and culture of both countries. The academia should play a role in preparing the people of both regions for these changes, Government College University Vice Chancellor Hassan Amir Shah said on Monday. He was speaking at a ceremony to sign a memorandum […]
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 […]
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 […]
Promises on CPEC not being honoured: Senate opposition
The opposition in the Senate on Friday staged a walkout to lodge a protest against the government for not submitting a reply on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and not working on this project as per the promises of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. During the Question-Answer session presided over by Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, […]
Mushahid attends Asian Leaders conference in Beijing
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) & Secretary General of Pakistan Muslim League (PML), attended the Asian Political Leaders Conference in Beijing on invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Upon his return to Islamabad, talking to the media, Senator Mushahid Hussain termed the conference a ‘big success’ […]