Tag: CPEC

China reaffirms support to Pakistan over core issues

--Xi asks Islamabad, New Delhi to resolve Kashmir dispute via dialogue --PM Imran thanks China for consistent support, says CPEC is his govt’s top priority...

Western media spreading lies about CPEC, says Chinese envoy

KARACHI: Chinese Ambassador Yu Jing on Friday said the Western media was creating a false narrative that his country wanted to achieve military or strategic...

Pakistan on fast track to reap CPEC benefits, says Chinese envoy

--Yao says Pakistan's status developing country on the rise --Islamabad to host first-ever agricultural expo in October  ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing on Sunday...

Sh Rasheed terms CPEC a game-changer for entire region

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed on Thursday termed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) a game-changer for the entire region. He said this at a...

Military committed to defending motherland with nation’s support: army chief

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that the armed forces of the country are committed to defending the...

COAS reaffirms army’s support for CPEC security

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa reaffirmed Pakistan Army’s support for the security of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship project...

Pakistan, China express resolve to advance CPEC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have expressed their resolve to advance China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and build a Pakistan-China community of shared future in the new...

Pakistan to get advanced technology under CPEC: Cheng Xizhong

BEIJING:  Special Economics Zone (SEZ) will enable Pakistan to get foreign capital and advanced technology, said Professor Cheng Xizhong of Southwest University of Political Science and...

Imran floats idea of ‘tourism corridor’ at BRI summit

--Pakistani premier says CPEC not a transaction but transformation of society   BEIJING: Prime Minister Imran Khan has stressed the need for further boosting connectivity under...

Senate committee on CPEC annoyed over minister’s absence

ISLAMABAD: Senate Special Committee on CPEC on Wednesday expressed annoyance over the absence of the federal minister in the meeting and postponed the session...

Minister admits to slashing of CPEC funds

--Planning minister says Rs24bn were diverted to uplift projects from several heads, including CPEC ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Khusro Bakhtiyar on Friday admitted to partial cutbacks in...

CPEC foremost priority, says Imran

--PM holds top-level meeting to discuss CPEC projects ahead of his China visit ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that the China-Pakistan Corridor Project...

IMF, World Bank urge caution with China loans

The rising influence of lending by China to developing nations is increasingly under the spotlight amid concerns that the growing debt burden and onerous...

Pakistan, China reject criticism against CPEC

Pakistan and China rejected criticism against the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a mega multibillion-dollar infrastructure project under Beijing’s global Belt and Road Initiative. “It...

China again rebukes claims that CPEC added to Pakistani ‘debt burden’

BEIJING: China on Monday said that less than 20 per cent of the current projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) were using Chinese...

BRI, CPEC complementary projects to each other: FM

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has stressed that Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are not competitive projects but...

BRI by no means a debt trap for Pakistan: officials

BEIJING: The Belt and Road initiative by no means a debt trap in case of Pakistan or any other member country, official sources said on Thursday. In...