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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lieutenant General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa said on Saturday that work on 660KV Matiari-Lahore HVDC transmission line project has been completed by 85 percent. “The transmission line will evacuate power North-South and resolve one major issue,” he said in a tweet. Asim Bajwa further…

LAHORE: PML-N president and National Assembly Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif in his meeting with Chinese ambassador to Pakistan has said Pakistan and China are two reliable strategic cooperative partners, iron brothers and ambassadors of peace. The PML-N president was warmly welcomed on his arrival at the embassy by the Chinese…

Islamabad: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday, in a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing, discussed matters related to the Main Line One (ML-1) project. The ambassador said ML-1 project would further strengthen the cooperation between Pakistan and China. The minister said the project was the…

BEIJING: Chinese scholar Prof. Cheng Xizhong said “Three Gorges” Dam will play an important role in Pakistan’s overall socio-economic development. In an article carried by Gwadar Pro on Friday, he said after successful construction, Diamer-Bhasha Dam, 272 meters high, will become another large hydropower project in Pakistan after Tarbela and…

ISLAMABAD: In a major development, the PTI government is about to introduce first-ever transshipment policy to stimulate the economic activities in Pakistan’s ports, particularly Gwadar Port, which will help generate not only job opportunities but will also help lower the freight charges of cargoes for exporters. Transshipment is when cargo…

KARACHI: Work on Shanghai Electric’s Thar Coal Block-1 Project, a priority implementation project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is expected to speed up following the arrival of a batch of 500 Chinese engineers and managers. The Chinese personnel arrived on a special chartered flight that took off from Shanghai’s…

BEIJING: Thirty-seven Pakistani students, a majority of whom from Gilgit Baltistan have graduated from Suzhou Vocational University after completing three years’ study in China, Gwadar Pro reported on Thursday. Equipped with the latest knowledge and skills in machine manufacturing and mechatronics, they are expected to contribute their due part to…

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Wednesday approved the project of Pakistan Railways for upgradation of existing Mainline-1 (ML-1) and establishment of dry port near Havelian. The project was approved at the rationalised cost of US$6,806.783 million, on cost sharing basis between the governments of…