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CPEC Authority includes 6 key projects of KP
July 14, 2021
PESHAWAR: The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority has included 6 key projects of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the upcoming meeting of Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) of CPEC.
However, the KP government has sent a request to the chairman of CPEC Authority to include nine additional projects in the CPEC portfolio. The much-awaited meeting of the JCC has been convened on Friday (July 16) in which the projects will be formally approved. The JCC meeting will be held after a gap of one and a half years, the last JCC meeting was held in November 2019.
Opp MNAs question transparency in AJK polls
July 14, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The opposition members in the National Assembly Tuesday raised questions over fairness and transparency in the upcoming Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, while alleging direct intervention in the process by the federal government.
Speaking on a point of order, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) parliamentarian Khurram Dastgir Khan asked the prime minister and his cabinet members to refrain from interfering in the AJK election to give a message to the international community that Pakistan ensures protection of democratic rights of the Kashmiri people.
“In recognition of sacrifices of over 100,000 Kashmiris, we must give democratic rights to the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir by holding fair and free elections,” he said. But to the contrary, Khurram Dastgir alleged, a federal minister had been distributing money and promising more to candidates on winning elections. “There are also videos showing
CPEC Authority includes six key projects of KP
July 14, 2021
PESHAWAR: The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority has included 6 key projects of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the upcoming meeting of Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) of CPEC.
However, the KP government has sent a request to the chairman of CPEC Authority to include nine additional projects in the CPEC portfolio. The much-awaited meeting of the JCC has been convened on Friday (July 16) in which the projects will be formally approved. The JCC meeting will be held after a gap of one and a half years, the last JCC meeting was held in November 2019.
Daily Times
July 13, 2021
China and Pakistan are expected to sign a framework agreement for Industrial Cooperation (IC) during the 10th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPECT), scheduled to be held via video-link this month.
Both countries have already signed an MOU on industrial cooperation and now in the upcoming meeting of JCC, it is likely to be taken to the next level, China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Monday.
JCC is the highest decision-making body of CPEC, which is co-chaired by Pakistan’s Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives and chairman of China’s National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC). To implement the CPEC project, China and Pakistan have set up a ministerial-level Joint Cooperation Committee on CPEC Long Term Planning. Initially, there were 7 joint working groups (JWGs) under JCC, namely planning, energy, transportation infrastructure, Gwadar Port, industrial cooperation, social-econo