Newly inaugurated Coal Power Plant creating jobs, easing fuel import cost
THARPARKAR: The newly inaugurated coal power plant is illuminating villages, generating employment, and reducing the cost of fuel imports as Pakistan successfully opened its third power plant with a 330MW capacity on indigenous Thar coal. The Thar Energy Limited (TEL) power plant, part of CPEC Block II and finished by Hubco company in the Tharparkar […]
Punjab minister: Farmers have rapid, simple access to high-quality seeds
Punjab Seed Corporation is playing a critical role in supplying farmers with high-quality, reasonably priced seeds. Farmers should receive better services; it is necessary. Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi, Punjab’s Minister for Agriculture, made this statement while presiding over the 122nd meeting of the directors of the Punjab Seed Corporation in Lahore. PSC Shan-Al-Haq, the meeting’s […]
CPEC is boosting Pakistan economy
Syed Kamal Hussain Shah China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will pass through the beautiful Gilgit-Baltistan province in the north which will connect Kashgar in China’s western province Xinjiang to rest of the world through Chinese-operated Gwadar port in the country’s south. China Pakistan Economic Corridor is a 3,218 kilometer long route, to be built over […]
CPEC and jobs
Turbat: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will play a vital role to bolster, not only the economy of Pakistan, but also to enhance the economy of China. It is the biggest project in Pakistan. Its significance can be observed through frequent news articles about the subject. The strategy of establishing industries is required to avail […]
The corridor to prosperity
Officially announced in 2014, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was the ray of hope Pakistan’s economy was desperate for. The extensive plan entails a national agenda for economic betterment, beginning from measures to be taken to increase energy production in the power-deficient country, stressing the importance of special economic zones, undertaking large-scale road and […]
Gwadar: A modern day Fatehpur Sikri?
Remshay Ahmed The gateway to Central Asia might create 200 million jobs, enhancing cooperation throughout the country, but this would not be possible if in the process laborers are not able to quench their thirst Akbar the great Mughal Emperor had only daughters. As for any king only a son could be the legal heir […]
The CPEC opportunity
Taller than the tallest mountain and deeper than the deepest sea is how President Xi Jinping epitomised the friendship between China and Pakistan when he addressed Pakistan Parliament on May 20, 2015 during his first visit to what he described as a brother’s home. To fathom this friendship we need to start from the very […]
Pakistan Reels With Internal Unease Regarding CPEC Implementation
By Umain Jamal In Pakistan, controversy continues to grow around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion dollar economic agreement between the China and Pakistan that promises to build an economic trade corridor along the length of Pakistan, connecting western China to the Arabian Sea. Specifically, the corridor aims to connect Gwadar port in Balochistan to […]
CPEC’s impact on Pakistan’s social, economic outlook
By Furqan Rao Though terrorism has been affecting Pakistan since last two decades, one thing that might have even worse consequences for the national development are racial, ethnic and regional biases. Some immature politicians are adding to the fuel as they are giving an ethnic colour to every issue, most of the time illogically, just […]
Balochistan takes lead in CPEC
By K.Iqbal While there is enough attraction for the international players, regarding the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the uphill task has been to save it from the internal and external spoilers. The credit goes to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, where so far he has been able to do this job well. Most of the […]