Tag: CPEC

US senators ‘concerned’ over Pak’s potential bailout requests to IMF

  As many as sixteen US senators have expressed concern over possible International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans to countries who have accepted “predatory Chinese infrastructure...

CPEC projects financed through composite financing package: official

--P&D official says projects involve long-term govt-to-govt concessional, preferential loans --Informs that repayments on loans will not commence in immediate future   ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated its...

SDPI’s China study center to bridge policy-research gap: Dr Shamshad

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Dr Shamshad Akhtar on Thursday said that inappropriate planning, lack of capacity and consolidated information...

PTI govt-to-be will continue CPEC as priority: Tehmina Janjua

BEIJING: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will continue to be taken as a priority by the new government, Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua said. “The most important thing...

‘Totally wrong’ to link IMF bailout with CPEC, Pakistan tells US

--Finance Ministry says Pakistan committed to 'undertaking and completing CPEC projects in totality' --Ex-FM Miftah Ismail says loans from China to be repaid in 30 years...

China-Pakistan ties, economic corridor will endure: Chinese experts

BEIJING: All Chinese scholars interviewed by the Chinese Media expressed firm confidence in China-Pakistan ties. They believe China and Pakistan's all-weather strategic partnership of cooperation...

China to work with new Pakistani government with same spirit

BEIJING: China will work with the new government in Pakistan with the same zeal and spirit in promoting their strategic cooperative partnership. This was stated...

China rejects report calling CPEC ‘debt-trap diplomacy’

China on Monday refuted a recent report in a financial publication calling the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as part of a major ‘debt-trap diplomacy’. In...

CPEC is common agenda of all political parties in Pakistan: Chinese...

BEIJING: Pakistan's general election is less than a week away, and all relevant parties are straining every nerve to promote their political ideas, among...

Politicians, global observer, CPEC staff to be given security

ISLAMABAD: Federal Secretary for Ministry of Interior Wednesday announced to provide security to political leaders, global observers and technical team working on China Pakistan Economic...

55th progress review meeting of CPEC to be held

ISLAMABAD:  The 55th progress review meeting on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects would be held here on July 10 (Tuesday), to take stock of...

‘BRI, CPEC added further impetus to Pak-China ties’

ISLAMABAD: Leader of Opposition in Senate Senator Sherry Rehman has said that multi-sectoral cooperation between Pakistan and China is a manifestation of the fact that...

CPEC’s western route to be completed earlier: envoy

Zhao Lijan says 200 projects under CPEC will be completed till 2030 ‘China wants improvement in Pak-India ties to resolve issues’ ISLAMABAD: Acting Ambassador of...

Chinese ambassador says CPEC is reason for no load shedding in...

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan gave the credit of reducing the load shedding from 7-8 hours in 2013 to zero in Islamabad to China...

NA dedicated 8% agenda to CPEC, foreign affairs, anti-terrorism issues

ISLAMABAD: The last National Assembly took up China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), foreign affairs and anti-terrorism issues by dedicating 8 per cent of agenda during its...

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...

China offers trilateral talks for Indo-Pak peace

--Xi tells Modi Pakistan is ‘ready to resume talks’ with India   ISLAMABAD: China has conveyed India a message of peace from Islamabad and urged Indian Prime...