ISLAMABAD:
The issue of changing the route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project was raised again during a meeting of the Senate Special Committee on Tuesday, according to local media sources.
Smaller provinces criticised the government for ignoring the western alignment despite the unanimous decision at the All Parties Conference on May 28 this year, sources further revealed.
Chairman of the committee Senator Taj Haider along with others belonging to the smaller provinces expressed serious concern over what they termed a “fraudulent policy” of the government to ignore the western alignment in the name of ‘early harvesting’.
The western alignment leads through D I Khan, Zhob, Qilla Saifullah, Pishin and Quetta, reportedly.
After reading the briefing papers provided by the Ministry of Planning and Development, lawmakers from smaller provinces noted that it was in complete contradiction to the consensus reached at the APC. They said the prime minister had announced government’s priority for the western alignment.
