Tag: China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

China says CPEC not reason behind Pakistan’s debt burden

BEIJING: China on Tuesday denied media reports which blamed the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a major reason behind the debt burden on Pakistan. A...

30 companies enter Gwadar free economic zone with $474mn investment

ISLAMABAD: Gwadar Port Authority Chairman Dostain Khan Jamaldini, in an interview with the media on Friday, has said that at least thirty companies from various...

National Party calls off protest after reassurances from Senate

ISLAMABAD: The National Party (NP) of Balochistan on Tuesday called off its protest call after receiving the assurance of the leader of the house...

Imran lauds China for lifting of millions out of poverty

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday paid tribute to Chinese leadership for their recent socio-economic development. "The miracle of lifting hundreds of millions of people...

Pakistan, China agree to include social sector projects under CPEC

China to establish nine SEZs for technology transfer, skill development and agriculture projects  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have jointly agreed to form a joint working...

Rs137bn embezzled in Multan-Sukkur motorway project, claims PTI senator

The National Highway Authority (NHA) has been ordered to submit details of Multan-Sukkur motorway project to the Senate Standing Committee on Communications after Pakistan...

Barrister Ali Zafar says peace imperative for regional integration

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Syed Ali Zafar on Monday said that first and foremost component for regional cooperation and...

CPEC has potential to create 1.2 million jobs: CPEC Centre of...

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) could assist in the creation of 1.2 million jobs under its presently agreed project, according to a  CPEC Centre of...

Interim PM inaugurates first land-based communication link with China

ISLAMABAD: The Pak-China Optical Fibre Cable (PCOFC) project was inaugurated on Friday by Interim Prime Minister (PM) Justice (R) Nasirul Mulk. The project was completed in...

Chinese officials, companies irked at ‘hurdles’ in way of CPEC

QUETTA: 'Hurdles' in the initiation of development projects related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and slow process of government departments have irked Chinese investment...

Chinese envoy says idea of CPEC proposed by Zardari in 2013:...

Deputy Chief Mission of Chinese Embassy, Lijian Zhao on Monday said that the success of the all China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects are based on...

CPEC to make Pakistan hub of economic activities, says Balochistan governor

QUETTA:  Balochistan Governor Muhammad Khan Achakzai said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was the future of regional development and Pakistan would become the hub...

Judicial body asks courts to not issue stay orders on CPEC-related...

ISLAMABAD: Following repeated requests from China, Pakis­tan’s top judicial policymaking body has asked the country’s high courts and lower judiciary not to issue ex parte...

‘Rights of KP, Balochistan infringed in CPEC’: report

UPPER DIR: Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla on Thursday said that Punjab was going to benefit from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at the expense...

Pakistan, China sign Executive Programme of Cultural Agreement

BEIJING: Pakistan and China on Monday signed Executive Programme of Cultural Agreement for further consolidating cultural relations and promoting people-to-people contacts between the two...

Punjab CM calls on new Chinese ambassador

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday visited Chinese embassy and presented a bouquet to the newly appointed ambassador Yao Jing. During his meeting with...