Chinese firm to develop Pakistan’s key hydro project
A Chinese state-owned power company will develop a major hydro-power project in Pakistan as part of the implementation of $ 46 billion China—Pakistan Economic Corridor connecting the two countries through Azad Kashmir. Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) will develop the Kohala Hydropower Project, the firm’s biggest investment in the Pakistani hydropower market. It is expected to […]
CPEC: PPP voices concern over neglecting Gilgit-Baltistan
ISLAMABAD: Following the hardline stance of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) chapter has planned to go to court for ignoring the region in the multibillion-dollar project. Talking to The Express Tribune, PPP G-B Chapter President Amjad Hussain said G-B has no voice in decision-making forums at […]
Western route of CPEC to be completed by 2018
QUETTA: The western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which would connect the port city of Gwadar with Quetta via Khuzdar, would be completed by 2018, said National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarar on Wednesday. He told Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri that 95 per cent of construction work on Gwadar-Ratodero […]
Won’t let CPEC become ‘Kalabagh Dam’: Fazl
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman on Tuesday vowed not to let China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) become controversial like ‘Kalabagh Dam’. “Economic Corridor holds great significance and it is a brainchild of JUI,” claimed the Maulana while addressing a gathering at a programme here. He said how is it even possible that ‘we would […]
PM lays foundation stone of CPEC’s western route
ZHOB: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif laid the foundation stone of the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) — Zhob-Mughal Kot (N-50) and Qila Saifullah-Wagum (N-70) highways — here on Wednesday. The 81-kilometre-long Zhob-Mughal Kot highway is expected to be completed at a cost of Rs8.8 billion and the 126-km Qila Saifullah-Wagum highway at […]
Peace must for CPEC success: ANP
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on Wednesday that ending terrorism from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas and development of Balochistan were essential for the success of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). In a statement issued here, Mr Hussain urged the government to fulfil promises it made at the […]
CM seeks all facilities on CPEC’s western route
NOWSHERA: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that his government would not accept the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) unless it included all the facilities of the economic corridor. Talking to reporters at the wedding ceremony of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Malik Ibrar Khan’s sons, he said that the western route of the CPEC had nothing […]
Govt taking effective measures for riding country of loadshedding
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that Pakistan Muslim League-N government, led by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, was taking effective measures for ridding the country of loadshedding. Talking to elected representatives of PML-N here, he said that under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, 1320-megawatt coal-based powerhouse was being set up in Sahiwal and […]
BOI identifies 15 sites along CPEC route to set up industrial zones
Islamabad: Board of Investment (BOI) in consultation with all the provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan has so far identified 15 sites for the establishment of Special Industrial Zones alongside China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). According to an official of Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, seven sites have been identified in Balochistan and eight in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Prime […]
China, Pakistan sign financing agreement for Thar power project
China and Pakistan on Monday signed a financing agreement for a coal power project located in the Thar coalfield in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The project will cost in excess of $2 billion, including the exploitation of a 3.8-million-tonne coal mine and the construction of a 660,000-kw power station near the mine. China will contribute $800 […]