CPEC to make Pakistan hub of trade activities: CEO TDAP

Sialkot: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) S.M. Munir on Monday said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would help Pakistan to make it a hub of economics activities. Talking to APP, at Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), he said that regular functioning of CPEC would bring revolutionary changes in […]
Tajikistan keen to become partner of CPEC: Envoy

Islamabad: Tajikistan has expressed the desire to become a partner of China Pakistan Economic Corridor. In an interview, Tajikistan Ambassador Sherali Saidamir Jononove said Pakistan’s geo-strategic location is beneficial for the region. He said Pakistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan trilateral transit trade agreement will further strengthen Pak-Tajik trade and economic relations. To a question, the Ambassador said trade volume […]
The corridor to prosperity

Officially announced in 2014, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was the ray of hope Pakistan’s economy was desperate for. The extensive plan entails a national agenda for economic betterment, beginning from measures to be taken to increase energy production in the power-deficient country, stressing the importance of special economic zones, undertaking large-scale road and […]
Gwadar: A modern day Fatehpur Sikri?

Remshay Ahmed The gateway to Central Asia might create 200 million jobs, enhancing cooperation throughout the country, but this would not be possible if in the process laborers are not able to quench their thirst Akbar the great Mughal Emperor had only daughters. As for any king only a son could be the legal heir […]
CPEC adds to local cement consumption as exports fall

Lahore: Local cement consumption surged 17.49 percent in the first eight months of the current fiscal due to the growing infrastructure development projects in the country, data released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) said on Friday. Local cement supplies were recorded at 20.89 million tons in the July-February period, up from 17.78 million […]
US acknowledges CPEC’s importance for Pakistan’s socio-economic development: Ahsan Iqbal

Washington: Pakistan-US Knowledge Corridor and China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are key projects that would take Pakistan to new heights in coming years as regards national development, Federal Minister Planning, Development & Reform Ahsan Iqbal said, while addressing Pakistani students at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia USA. Present government is working hard to lay strong foundation […]
Asian Bank, DFID to support economic corridor programme

Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support the government’s strategy to strengthen regional connectivity and provide technical assistance for a project aimed at mapping out potential economic corridors to enhance trade, growth and job creation. The assistance would come under the ‘Pakistan Economic Corridors Programme’ (PECP) agreed upon by ADB and the Department for […]
CPEC: Govt asked to build western route first

Peshawar: Awami National Party-Wali’s Central General Secretary Aurangzeb Kasi demanded the government construct the western alignment of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor first. He said the western alignment would lead to the prosperity of underdeveloped areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and southern Punjab. A press release said he expressed these views after a meeting with party leader […]
CPEC to change destiny of country: Shehbaz

Lahore: Federal Minister Lt Gen (R) Abdul Qadir Baloch called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and matters of mutual interest and other affairs were discussed during the meeting. Speaking on the occasion, Shehbaz Sharif said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, new journey of development and prosperity of the […]
The CPEC opportunity

Taller than the tallest mountain and deeper than the deepest sea is how President Xi Jinping epitomised the friendship between China and Pakistan when he addressed Pakistan Parliament on May 20, 2015 during his first visit to what he described as a brother’s home. To fathom this friendship we need to start from the very […]