CPEC-related projects to be completed on time: Speaker NA

ISLAMABAD   –  Speaker National Assembly Asad Qiser has said that there was a need to utilize all possible measures for timely completion of CPEC projects.

“The PTI government will ensure removal of all procedural and technical hurdles for early completion of CPEC related projects,” said the speaker in a meeting with KPK Chief Minister Mehmood Khan here yesterday.

They discussed the CPEC-related projects including Chasma Right Bank Canal Project, Peshawar D.I. Khan Motorway, Chakdara-Chitral Road (Dir Motorway).

Earlier, Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser approved establishment of a steering committee under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khan Khattak to oversee the CPEC related projects in KPK.

The committee was given mandate to oversee the expeditious execution of the CPEC projects in KPK and their Timely completion.

It was decided that federal ministers and MNAs will be members of the steering committee.