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PESHAWAR, Nov 06 (APP):Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed the timely completion of Swat Motorway and reiterated no further extension in the given timeline of the project. He was presiding over a meeting regarding different developmental projects initiated by Frontier Works Organization (FWO) in the province, at Chief…

MULTAN: The National Highway Authority is going to open the Multan-Sukkur Motorway (M-5) for light traffic from Thursday (today). NHA central zone (Punjab) head of communication Sibtain Raza Lodhi said that the project was formally inaugurated on Tuesday. He said soon heavy traffic would also be allowed to use the…

ISLAMABAD: Recognising that financing had become bottleneck for execution of CPEC projects, Pakistan and China have taken decision to use RMB financing through signed minutes of Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) under the ambit of CPEC. Top official sources confirmed to The News while quoting signed minutes of 9th JCC meeting…

BEIJING, Nov 7 (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 7th Nov, 2019 ) :A five-member Gwadar fisheries delegation visited leading enterprises in aquaculture, offshore fishing and aquatic product processing in China’s Fujian Province. The delegation, at the invitation of China Economic Net, visited Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other places…

ISLAMABAD: A delegation led by the director-general of China’s National Railway Administration (NRA) called on the federal railways’ minister Sheikh Rasheed on Wednesday, ARY News reported. Sheikh Rasheed and the Chinese delegation held discussions over the progress of ML-1 project for 1,872 kilometres long rail network. During the meeting, Rasheed…

ISLAMABAD, Nov 5 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday underscored that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project was Pakistan’s top priority as it was pivotal for its economic transformation as well as for further fortifying the All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership between the two countries. The prime minister was talking…

During the 9th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting, Multan-Sukkur Motorway (M5) was inaugurated after its successful completion under CPEC. The 392Km M-5 Motorway is CPEC’s largest transportation infrastructure project. The Six lane Multan-Sukkur Motorway will not only reduce travelling time but speed up growth in the industrial and especially the…

CPEC is opening a window of opportunities for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the natural resource and tourism sectors. KPK government is making efforts to revive its position as a vital pillar for regional trade and commercial endeavours under the ancient silk route. Prominent CPEC projects in KP province, for instance, Suki…

ISLAMABAD, Nov 5 (APP):Pakistan was looking into possibilities of producing diesel from coal to bring down oil import bill, achieve self-sufficiency in this sector and encourage consumption of locally produced fuel. “We have a lot of interest to develop diesel from Thar coal and want Chinese assistance in that regard,”…

Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) convened on November 5th, 2019 before the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting to finalise decisions made in CPEC Joint Working Group (JWG) summits. Officials of China and Pakistan agreed upon the minutes of the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting. During the first half, SOM officials reviewed…