14-member Chinese journalists delegation to attend CPEC Media Forum on Tuesday
Islamabad: The First China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Media Forum will be held here on Tuesday (November 17), where the inaugural ceremony will be held at 10:30 am. Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid will be the Chief Guest, while the Ambassador of China, Sun Weidong, is the Guest of Honour. Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reform […]
Securing the corridor
With the security cost of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor set to go up by at least 20 percent, China has pledged to support Pakistan in providing security to the corridor. The pledge came as China’s third-ranking military official, General Fen Changlong, led a delegation to visit Pakistan last week. Having met both Army Chief General […]
China rejects India’s concerns on CPEC
Islamabad: A high ranking official of Chinese military Thursday rejected New Delhi’s concerns about China encircling India by enhancing capability of Pakistan’s armed forces through high-tech equipment and weapons as ‘unnecessary and baseless’. “This is unnecessary and baseless concern,” said Rear Admiral Guanyoufei, Director General Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defence, in a press briefing […]
Promises on CPEC not being honoured: Senate opposition
The opposition in the Senate on Friday staged a walkout to lodge a protest against the government for not submitting a reply on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and not working on this project as per the promises of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. During the Question-Answer session presided over by Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, […]
Chinese Companies Offered to have Invest in Oil, Gas Sector of Pakistan
Islamabad: 03 Nov.: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said the government offered good opportunities for investment in energy sector as the country was blessed with abundant natural resources. Talking in a meeting with a Chinese delegation of the China National Petroleum Corporation(CNPC), the minister said the government was pursuing […]
Ahsan Iqbal’s speech delivered on the CPEC
Federal Minister Planning, Development & Reform Ahsan Iqbal today said that early harvest projects of China-Pak Economic Corridor will be completed by December 2017 and bring transformational change by solving the problems of energy and infrastructure sector. CPEC is not a bilateral project between Pakistan and China relations but will serve as a fate changer […]
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Gets Even More Ambitious
On August 11 and 12, a forum on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) convened in Xinjiang, in northwestern China. According to Xinhua, the event was attended by “[m]ore than 300 officials and delegates from companies, think tanks and social organizations” from both China and Pakistan. Under the CPEC, China and Pakistan plan to build infrastructure […]
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Lines of development – not lines of divide
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today stands at a crossroad where it can utilise all resources and benefit from the Economic Corridor or squabble on its provincial divide. While the latter would most definitely result in further division of an already torn up country, a resolution to the conflict – where the government resolves differences – would lead […]
China Pakistan Economic Corridor and Defense Pact
Pakistan China relationship started since early 1950’s and started maturing in 1972 by formation of strategic alliance between the two countries. Maintaining close relationship with China is part of Pakistan’s foreign policy as China is Pakistan’s strategic partner in the East. It helps Pakistan maintain balance of power in the region, and with one of […]
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Issue of western, eastern routes raised again
ISLAMABAD: The issue of changing the route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project was raised again during a meeting of the Senate Special Committee on Tuesday. Smaller provinces criticised the government for ignoring the western alignment despite the unanimous decision at the All Parties Conference on May 28 this year. Chairman of the committee Senator […]