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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said the ongoing development projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) should be completed on a fast-track basis and directed to give final shape to the consultation process of the future plans on priority. Lauding the time-tested friendship with the northern neighbour, he…

ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (APP):Balochistan government has planned to impart technical training to youth to fulfill the skilled staff needs for special economic zones of the province. The government would train 6,000 people of the province this year in different fields, spokesperson of Balochistan government Liaquat Shahwani said this here on…

ISLAMABAD: The port of Gwadar now plays a new role, facilitating the transit trade for Afghanistan, by providing a most economical trade route for the war-torn nation. Afghan traders have been using two Pakistani ports – Karachi and Port Qasim in Sindh – for the transit trade, but now the Gwadar…

Islamabad : The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor is a collection of infrastructure projects, is improving Pakistan’s connectivity not only within itself and China, but with over 60 other countries, which are part of the land route of China’s Belt and Road Initiative involving infrastructure development and investments. With the second phase…

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal has said industrialists and investors will be given special incentives and plots on subsidised rates for establishing industrial units in special economic zones. Presiding over a meeting on the establishment of special economic zones, sales of plots for setting up…

ISLAMABAD – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan has said the bilateral relations between Pakistan and China are gaining strength with each passing year. Felicitating the people of China on the occasion of Chinese New Year, she tweeted that the friendship with…

OUR CORRESPONDENT ISLAMABAD US Assistant Secretary of StateAliceWells’s anti-CPEC sentiments negate the basic facts. It seems that she had specifically planned on an anti-CPEC mission during her recent visit to Pakistan, reports Gwadar Pro App. Pakistan’s civil society responded precisely and conveyed the strong message that Pakistan wants to restore…

LAHORE: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said the Main-Line-I (ML-I) railway track will be extended by 154 km, from Peshawar to Jalalabad in Afghanistan. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of a freight train at the newly restored dry port on Saturday, he said that completion of the ML-I project was…

BEIJING (APP) – China on Saturday appreciated Prime Minister Imran Khan’s remarks about China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and said it was ready to work with Pakistan to continue to promote high-quality development of the Corridor and bring more benefits to the two people. The Chinese side has taken note of…

ISLAMABAD: China has asked Pakistan to convene the 10th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting under the CPEC framework ahead of its schedule in order to finalise different mega projects, including railways Mainline (ML-1) of $9.2 billion before the arrival of President Xi Jinping to Islamabad. China’s National Development Reform Commission…