CPEC: Aftab Sherpao doubts govt’s plans for western route
PESHAWR: Qaumi Watan Party Chairperson Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has asked the federal government to give the province its due share in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “We lost East Pakistan because of economic disparity and keeping us economically backward may have serious consequences,” said the QWP chief at a press conference held at his […]
Western route of CPEC to be completed by 2018
QUETTA: The western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which would connect the port city of Gwadar with Quetta via Khuzdar, would be completed by 2018, said National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarar on Wednesday. He told Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri that 95 per cent of construction work on Gwadar-Ratodero […]
CPEC project to be completed in phases: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was a project of national importance and would be completed in phases for the economic development of the country. Addressing media persons after inauguration of GEO Spatial Technology Cell set up at the Ministry of Planning, Development […]
Bilawal wants Balochistan’s rights ensured in CPEC
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his party does not want to make China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) controversial but rights of Balochistan have to be ensured in the $46 billion mega project. A delegation of Balochistan National Party (BNP) led by Rauf Mengal called on PPP chairman Bilawal […]
Won’t let CPEC become ‘Kalabagh Dam’: Fazl
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman on Tuesday vowed not to let China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) become controversial like ‘Kalabagh Dam’. “Economic Corridor holds great significance and it is a brainchild of JUI,” claimed the Maulana while addressing a gathering at a programme here. He said how is it even possible that ‘we would […]
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 […]