Tag: CPEC

Moot says CPEC can benefit Afghanistan

KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have emphasised that Afghanistan and other neighbouring countries can also benefit from this...

CPEC to benefit Afghanistan, other neighbouring countries

KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have emphasised that Afghanistan and other neighbouring countries can also benefit from this...

Chinese seek ‘Silk Road’ riches in Pakistan in spite of security...

Beijing’s infrastructure splurge has helped revive Pakistan’s sputtering economy, and deepening ties between the two nations have turned Pakistan into a key cog in China’s grand plan to build a modern-day “Silk Road” of land and sea trade routes linking Asia with Europe and Africa.

US: CPEC will give soft targets to terrorists

Washington: Director of National Intelligence, Daniel Coats said, “The emerging China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will probably offer militants additional targets”. Testifying before a Senate Select Committee...

Unnecessary secrecy on CPEC hitting national interests: PEW

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Monday said unnecessary secrecy on the economic corridor is against the national interests, as it is harassing the...

Chinese delegation calls on Shehbaz Sharif

Member Central Committee Communist Party of China and Party Secretary of Chinese province Jiangxi, Mr Lu Xinshe called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz...

Punjab and Jiangxi – a great economic opportunity for Pakistan: CM

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said that Pakistan and China are good neighbours and that the friendship between both countries is eternal and...

Chinese delegation calls on acting National Assembly speaker

ISLAMABAD: Sino-Pak ties are based on firm foundations of mutual respect, trust, peaceful co-existence and brotherly neighbourhood and are without parallel in the contemporary...

CPEC transformed Sino-Pak bilateral relations: Ahsan Iqbal

  Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Prof Ahsan Iqbal said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has transformed Pak-China bilateral relations from a strategic nature...

Minister for providing more opportunities, facilities to special children

ATTOCK: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sheikh Aftab Ahmad on Saturday said that making special children useful members of the society is the government’s paramount duty...

CPEC centre of excellence launched

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) centre of excellence was formally launched here on Monday to promote research and knowledge-based policymaking in the country. The centre...

CPEC to provide more opportunities for investment, employment: PM

KARACHI: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with its wide portfolio of projects in energy, road networks, railways and many other sectors offered huge opportunities...

‘Majority of CPEC projects engineers, workers are Pakistanis’

ISLAMABAD: Planning and Development Minister Chaudhry Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday informed the Senate that majority of the workers engaged in the China- Pakistan Economic Corridor...

PR to increase trains from 32 to 171 per day

LAHORE: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Monday that the Pakistan Railways would increase its capacity to run trains from 32 to 171 per...

Kuwaiti businessmen urged to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan

KUWAIT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that Pakistan offered an ideal and conducive environment for foreign investments urging the Kuwaiti business community...