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By Xinhua Published: Jun 30, 2021 11:50 AM
Arial photo taken on Aug. 5, 2019 shows the view of Sukkur-Multan Motorway in central Pakistan s Multan. The construction of the 392-km Sukkur-Multan Motorway under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been completed.(Photo: Xinhua)
A train for the Orange Line arrives at a subway station in Lahore, Pakistan, Oct. 26, 2020.(Photo: Xinhua)
Photo taken on Jan. 29, 2018 shows a view of Gwadar Port in southwest Pakistan s Gwadar.(Photo: Xinhua)
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a key component of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, is a pivotal stepping stone to Pakistan s development and prosperity and a symbol of Pakistan-China friendship, a Pakistani minister said on Tuesday.
CPEC bears fruit amid 70th anniversary of Pak-China ties
CPEC energy projects added thousands of MWs of installed capacity to the national grid, says Mushahid Hussain Syed
Xinhua
May 20, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
Since the establishment of their diplomatic relations on May 21, 1951, China and Pakistan have forged an all-weather friendship and conducted all-round cooperation.
As an important pilot project of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and one of the main platforms for deepening bilateral cooperation, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been bearing fruit.
For 32-year-old Zulqarnian Khan, working as a geological engineer in the Suki Kinari hydropower station, only about 10km away from his home, is what makes him and his family elated.
CDWP clears Rs5bln health project, refers motorway plan to ECNEC
Business
April 27, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission’s Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Monday cleared one health project worth Rs5 billion and recommended Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway project with revised cost of Rs191.47 billion to the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC).
The CDWP was presided over by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Jehanzeb Khan. Projects related to health and transport and communications were presented during the CDWP meeting.
A project related to health namely “Strengthening of Existing DHQs, and selected THQs, RHCs, BHUs in District Awaran, Washuk, Khuzdar, Lesbela, Panjgur, Gwadar and Kech (Less Developed areas of Balochistan)” worth Rs4,996.60 million was approved in the meeting.
Govt agrees to bridge funding gap of Rs175bln project
Business
April 22, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday agreed to bridge the funding gap of an estimated Rs175 billion worth of Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway project ensilaged under public-private partnership mode.
Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) took the decision during a meeting presided over by Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar.
âWe authorised the viability gap fund and transaction structure for the Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway project,â Umar wrote on Twitter.
Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6), , a critical component of China-funded economic corridor, is expected to be 306 kilometers long, six-lane wide, access-controlled motorway, which starts from the end of M-9 that connects Hyderabad to Karachi via the 136km long 6-lane motorway and ends at the beginning of 392km long and 6-lane Sukkur-Multan Motorway (M-5).
2021-04-20 02:56:20 GMT2021-04-20 10:56:20(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
A train for the Orange Line arrives at a subway station in Lahore, Pakistan, Oct. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Tian)
ISLAMABAD, April 19 (Xinhua) For hundreds of years, the lofty Karakoram mountain range has never been the hurdle between the two ancient civilizations of China and Pakistan, but rather a witness to the ever-deepening friendship between the two peoples.
The rolling mountain observed a new height of friendly exchanges between the two countries in 2015 when the plane taking Chinese President Xi Jinping for a two-day state visit to Pakistan flew over it.
During the visit, the two sides forged their all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, and mapped out strategic arrangements and a long-term plan for future bilateral development.