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LAHORE: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would open new doors of cooperation in the agriculture sector, which would help in transfer of technology pertaining to agro-chemicals, pesticides, seeds and fertilisers, said Punjab Minister for Industry Chaudhry Muhammad Shafiq. Speaking at the second CAC Pakistan Summit and Exhibition on Monday, the minister…

Islamabad—GB Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman Saturday said China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would have a positive impact on the country as it would transform Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) into an investment haven. He asked the private sector to take interest in investment in the region and assured that they would be provided…

The Sahiwal Coal Power Plant is all set to become the first project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to be completed. The project, with an estimated cost of $1.8 billion, will inject 1,320 megawatts (MWs) of electricity into the national grid. Located 20 km from Sahiwal city on the…

ISLAMABAD: The momentum generated by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has opened a world of opportunities and is fast putting fundamentals of industrial cooperation between the two countries in place, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal said. Speaking at a seminar titled “Industrial Parks in Pakistan” held in…

BEIJING: Existing projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will see tangible success within two years, while they are already boosting business exchanges between the two countries, Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reform, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview in Beijing. The CPEC is the…

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is more than just a $47 billion dollar investment. It will not only improve Pakistan’s current situation, but promises to improve the lives of nearly three billion people across the region as part of the larger Chinese vision of a grand Silk Road Economic Belt,…

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a strategic cooperative partnership between Pakistan and China. It is an under-construction development program to connect Gwadar Port in southern Pakistan to China’s northwestern autonomous region of Xinjiang via highways, railways and pipelines to transport oil and gas. The Pak-China Economic Corridor program was inaugurated in…

Chinese officials in Beijing hoped that work on various energy and infrastructure development projects as well as establishment of free trade zones under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be completed before the schedule as the leadership from the both sides is attaching high importance to it. This connectivity…

Besides India, it is the UK which is not comfortable with the growing relations based on the Pak-China economic corridor. Background interaction with UK policy makers in Islamabad and elsewhere have revealed that Britain considers the ongoing cooperation between the two neighboring countries as an act of selling its soul…

The implementation of CPEC, notwithstanding the machinations of its detractors both internal and external elements, is well on its way. Though the biggest beneficiary of this epoch-making initiative will be Balochistan but its benefits will also be shared by other provinces as well as the countries of the region due…