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I don’t know the computer much otherwise this statement of IK about Asad Umer could be automatically displayed when his name is typed , Aah kitna beghairat shakhs hay
Ya bhai chhor day ya Imran
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China reaffirms commitment on economic corridor - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
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BB ne dacoo chhor diya tha?
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Pak-China corridor: Task force formed to monitor projects
By Our Correspondent
Published: May 1, 2015
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ISLAMABAD: **Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has set up a self-nominated monitoring unit for better execution of all projects related to the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on his recent visit to Pakistan had signed a historic deal with both the friendly countries agreeing to build more than 3,000 kilometres of transport infrastructure in Pakistan to connect the Gwadar port in Balochistan to China’s north-western region of Xinjiang. The overall investment for these different projects has been estimated at well over $46 billion.
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As the Chinese president reaffirmed his commitment for the early execution of the economic corridor on Thursday, the government created the “delivery unit” for the better execution of the projects of the Chinese investors.
Through this unit, the prime minister would monitor the performance of all ministries engaged in executing over 50 projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
An official statement issued by the PM office stated the premier had formed Pakistan’s first Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit (PMDU), which started functioning from Thursday, “to bring a paradigm shift in the standard of governance and to ensure the timely completion of key development projects”.
The delivery unit team, led by the PM’s spokesman Musaddiq Malik, also gave a presentation to the prime minister on how the team would monitor the projects. The unit, created in the Prime Minister’s Office, comprises “top-flight professionals from the private sector”. They have initially been tasked to support the relevant ministries in removing bottlenecks in the effective implementation of LNG-related energy projects.
The prime minister will monitor the performance of ministries on a weekly basis. “This will improve inter-ministerial coordination, ensuring their timely response on important public service delivery matters,” the statement read.
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President Xi’s letter**
Earlier, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong called on Nawaz Sharif at the PM House in Islamabad and delivered a letter from President Xi, in which he has reaffirmed China’s commitment for early execution of all projects under this initiative.
The Chinese president reiterated his support to an abiding, all-weather, bilateral relationship between Pakistan and China, terming the two countries “Iron Brothers”, an official statement said.
According to Radio Pakistan, the Chinese president also thanked the prime minister for the hospitality extended to him during his visit to Pakistan last week and the arrangements made to ensure the success of his visit.
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** CPEC Routes. Work in progress on all simultaneously and western will be operational first. IA
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China-Pakistan corridor: Prove claims of route change, challenges Iqbal
IRFAN HAIDER — PUBLISHED about 18 hours ago
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Not a single inch of the originally proposed route has been changed, claims Ahsan Iqbal. — APP/File
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday challenged the politicians who have accused the government of altering the route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to substantiate their allegations with evidence.
Addressing the convocation of the Rawalpindi Medical College in the garrison city, the minister assured that “not a single inch of the originally proposed route has been changed” and that “such baseless allegations” were not in the nation’s interest.
Iqbal said China’s investment of $46 billion would prove a milestone for Pakistan’s economic development and would change the outlook of the country’s economy.
He said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would brief parliamentary leaders on matters relating to CPEC on May 13.
The minister said that youth is the future of Pakistan and they have a major role to play in the development of the country.
During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Pakistan, Pakistani and Chinese officials signed a series of over 50 accords to inaugurate the CPEC, which will create a network of roads, railways and pipelines linking China’s restive west to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan.
The project is part of Beijing’s “Belt and Road” plan to expand its trade and transport footprint across Central and South Asia. It will give China easier access to Middle Eastern oil via the deepwater port of Gwadar.
The project generated controversy with political leaders particularly of smaller provinces alleging that the project had been altered to benefit Punjab.
The route apparently under its original plan ran from Gwadar to Quetta, then up to Zhob before veering east towards Dera Ismail Khan.
The government was criticised for having allegedly changed this route to go straight east from Gwadar towards Khuzdar, then slightly northeast to cross the River Indus near Ratodero and connect with the road network in Sindh.
The government has however strenuously denied that any route changes were made, arguing that two routes are being pursued, and on the request of the Chinese, the second route was being built first simply because it was cheaper to do so.
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**Sab andhay hain , PML N cheating as usual
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Good work by Sharif and his team :k:
If a Pti govt had put this deal together, the Pti trolls would be declaring IK as a saint!!
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Please update this thread when actual work starts let alone projects being completed. I have no confidence at all on MOUs as they are not even worth the paper written on unless there is follow up action.
What happened to all the MOUs that were signed in 2013?
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PMl N trying to harm Pakistan through cheating at rout , Aah Takht e Lahore
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Game changer: Army chief vows to turn economic corridor into reality
Published: July 26, 2015
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RAWALPINDI: **Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif vowed on Saturday to torpedo the campaign run by the country’s enemies against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and help get the project off the ground.
“We are acutely aware of our rivals’ campaign against the corridor project and vow that the armed forces are ready to pay any price to turn this long cherished dream into reality,” a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations quoted General Raheel as saying. The army chief was visiting Balochistan’s Panjgur and Turbat districts, where he inspected a portion of a road network built as part of the CPEC by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO).
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Emphasising the importance of the CPEC, the army chief said construction of these roads would link Gwadar port with the rest of the country at Chaman and the Indus Highway.
“[This will] yield the real envisioned dividend of the port and the corridor project to transform the lives of people and bring prosperity to the region,” he said, adding that the CPEC and Gwadar port would be built and developed as one of the most strategic deep sea ports in the region.
While talking to notables of the area, General Raheel paid rich tribute to ‘the proud and valiant’ people of Balochistan and thanked them for their unconditional cooperation and support for these projects. He also assured them that they would be best served by these projects.
“The potential of Balochistan as a regional hub for trade in goods and energy will only be realised with a whole of nation approach for its security and development,” he said.
General Raheel emphasised that a secure and peaceful environment was a must to push all the planned development work. He lauded the law enforcement agencies for bringing a noticeable change in the overall security situation of the province.
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He said Operation Zarb-e-Azb was not only an offensive but a concept for a terror-free Pakistan. “It will continue to target all militants without any discrimination and hunt down terrorists anywhere across the country to achieve the end objective,” he said.
Earlier, the army chief was briefed about the ongoing construction work in which 11 units of the FWO have been employed for building a 870-kilometre-long stretch of road at five different locations simultaneously.
Out of this long stretch, some 502km of roads have already been completed in less than one and a half year on the army chief’s special directives.
General Raheel appreciated the FWO for their ‘untiring efforts’ in constructing such a vast road network across the length and breadth of Balochistan ‘against all odds at such an amazing pace’. He paid rich tribute to the FWO soldiers for sacrificing their lives while undertaking this national project.
The army chief also commended the Frontier Corps Balochistan and police for conducting successful operations against some foreign-funded terrorists, “who were involved in the disruption of law and order in the province,” said the statement.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 26[SUP]th[/SUP], 2015.
الیکشن کروانے ہیں فوج کو بلاو
سیلاب آگیا ہے فوج کو بلاو
پولیو کے قطرے پلانے ہیں فوج کو بلاو
مردمشماری کروانی ہے فوج کو بلاو
دھشتگردی ختم کرنی ہے فوج کو بلاو
بہت حرامخوری کر لی جان بچانی ہے فوج کو بلاو
ترقی کے جھوٹے وعدے ہم نے کیے جان بچانی ہے فوج کو بلاو
کدی امب کھا وی لیا کرو
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Nawaz wants China-Pak corridor ready by 2018
By Our Correspondent
Published: July 28, 2015
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ISLAMABAD:**Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is fast tracking all infrastructure projects related to the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), signalling to officials that they were working on a strict end of 2017 deadline.
The premier issued the instruction while presiding over a meeting on Monday to review progress on the **Gwadar East Bay Expressway, Mughalkot-DI Khan Road **and various other road projects under the corridor project in Balochistan.
Pakistan and China had earlier this year finalised deals worth $46 billion for infrastructure and energy projects under the corridor from Gwadar in Balochistan to Kashgar in China.
“The completion of road projects in Balochistan under the CPEC would be a game changer for the region,” an official handout released after the meeting quoted the PM as saying. The meeting also reviewed the **Havelian-Thakot Road project **and other sections of the Karakoram Highway that are being upgraded.
Premier Nawaz was told that the major sections of the Peshawar-Karachi Motorway,** including the Sukkur- Multan, Gojra-Khanewal and Lahore- Abdul Hakim portions**, were ready for groundbreaking.
He directed that all necessary arrangements be completed before the inauguration so that construction is started right away.
The PM, who is expected to inaugurate the Attabad tunnel in Gilgit in the last week of August, also directed the authorities to complete the work on the new Gwadar International Airport as early as possible.
The army has employed 11 units of the Frontier Works Organisation to connect Gwadar port with major roads in the other provinces. Last week, army chief General Raheel Sharif also visited Panjgur and Turbat in Balochistan to inspect the under-construction road network.
The military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations, said the construction of 870km roads was under way simultaneously at five different locations, out of which 502km in Balochistan had been completed already.
The PM was also briefed about the ongoing upgrade of 10 railway stations on the Peshawar-Karachi main railway line. He called for providing the best possible facilities to passengers and for utilising the buildings of railway stations for economic and commercial activities.
Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal and Secretary Hassan Nawaz Tarar, and Water and Power Secretary Muhammad Younus Dagha among other senior officers attended the meeting.
The insurgency-hit province of Balochistan has been a major source of concern for the project decided upon in April during the landmark visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan. More than 50 agreements were signed to inaugurate the corridor expected to create a new network of roads, railways and pipelines linking China’s restive west to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan.
Soon after the inauguration of the project, the military had announced setting up a **10,000-**strong force especially for the protection of the schemes under the CPEC and the Chinese workers and engineers working on them.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 28[SUP]th[/SUP], 2015.*
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If you can’t beat them join them… I am sure for certain countries takleef must be intense. 
UK to partner in CPEC, provide $121.6 million grant - The Express Tribune
By Shahbaz Rana
Published: September 1, 2015
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In a significant development, the United Kingdom has become a partner in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and agreed to provide $121.6 million in grant to fund construction of Burhan-Havelian Expressway, which falls on the northern route of the corridor.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom will co-finance the $327 million cost of the 59km-long Hassanabdal-Havelian Expressway (E-35) project, according to a handout issued by the Manila-based lending agency on Tuesday.
UK’s $121.6 million grant will lessen Pakistan’s debt obligations by the same amount. The country had entered into a loan agreement with ADB, which will now be picked up by UK taxpayers to the extent of the grant amount.
Read: India bid to halt Pakistan projects fails
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China, Pakistan set to sign economic zone deal: Officials - Channel NewsAsia
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China, Pakistan set to sign economic zone deal: Officials
The scheme is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, an ambitious US$46 billion investment plan linking western China to the Arabian Sea with infrastructure, energy and transport projects.
POSTED: 09 Sep 2015 22:43
KARACHI: Pakistan is set to sign a 40-year-lease with a Chinese company to develop a massive special economic zone in the deep sea port of Gwadar, officials said on Wednesday (Sep 9). The scheme is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an ambitious US$46 billion investment plan linking western China to the Arabian Sea with infrastructure, energy and transport projects.
The contract assigning the 923 hectare (2,300 acre) swathe of tax-exempt land to China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC) is likely to be signed this month or October, Dostain Khan Jamaldini, chief of the Gwadar Port Authority (GPA), told AFP.
As part of the wider plans, “work on the Gwadar International Airport would start in the next couple of months and we are quite hopeful of completion of the national highway connecting Gwadar with the north within the next month”, he added.
Pakistan is also raising a special security force of between 10,000 and 25,000 men to protect the port, which lies in the restive southwestern province of Baluchistan which since 2004 has been roiled by a separatist insurgency. Abdul Razzaq Durrani, the director general of GPA, confirmed the deal.
Gwadar port, located 540 kilometres southwest of Karachi, was built in 2007 with technical help from Beijing as well as Chinese financial assistance of some US$248 million. But acquiring the land from private owners to build the economic zone took several years and cost the Baluch government around US$62 million, Durrani said.
Some Baluch nationalists have accused the Chinese of conspiring with the Pakistani elite to plunder the province’s resources while doing little to share profits and create jobs for local people. But Simbal Khan, a geo-political analyst, said that China had made similar deals in Africa, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and the project was of great strategic value to both countries.
“Pakistan is looking at the CPEC project as a game changer, kick starting an era of infrastructure growth and investment. The land deal is just part of the Gwadar port infrastructure that needs to develop to realise the expectations of Pakistan and China from this mega project,” she said.
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China wishes to shift industries to Pakistan: Iqbal
By Our Correspondent
Published: November 13, 2015
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Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal and Vice Chairman NDRC China signing the agreement of Economic Corridor at the conclusion of 5th JCC meeting. PHOTO: NNI
KARACHI: Pakistan and China are adding new infrastructure projects to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in a bid to connect underdeveloped areas with developed ones, said Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal.
He said this at the 5th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) session of the CPEC on Thursday, where four memoranda of understanding were also signed.
Iqbal spent a busy day in Karachi. He also visited the Karachi Press Club (KPC) later in the evening to brief media on the current developments on CPEC. Perhaps, the most interesting remark he made there was that the Chinese government has shown its desire to shift some Chinese industries to Pakistan.
“Due to the rising cost of production there, the Chinese government and its private sector want to shift some industries to Pakistan,” he said. “Chinese want to start joint ventures in Pakistan in sectors like engineering, light engineering, automobiles, textiles and cement.”
To realise new Chinese investment, Pakistan and China have constituted a working group to do joint feasibility studies. Pakistan will also setup 25 industrial zones in all the four provinces of the country, he added.
Manufacturers gear up for Chinese interest
The federal government is trying to improve social sector development along with energy, infrastructure and transport to link developed areas with less fortunate ones, he said.
Speaking about major infrastructure projects under CPEC, he said the Fifth JCC session has decided a complete overhauling of the main railway track from Peshawar to Karachi at an investment of $5 billion. It has been decided to first complete the Karachi-
Hyderabad and Lahore-Multan railway routes in two-and-a-half years while the whole track will be renovated in five years. This will increase the speed of the trains from current 60-80 km to 140-160 km, he informed.
Minister emphasised that long term plan for the corridor should be developed in a comprehensive manner including utilisation of spatial planning, identifying the needs of improvement in various forms and means of communication, focusing on industrial and agricultural cooperation, which should be in the interest of both countries.
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“In the backdrop of our facilitation agreement, we had to jointly manage the completion of the project as per energy planning timelines. Necessary implementation steps and technical formalities have almost been completed.
It is essential that commercial contracts for the two big transport infrastructure early harvest projects, KKH Phase-II Thakot-Havelian section and KLM Multan-Sukhur section, are concluded at the earliest.
On Gwadar, the minister said it is the gateway of CPEC and we need to work together for implementation of identified initiatives.
The minister said that handling over of land for development of free zone has just taken place, which is a milestone in CPEC.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 13[SUP]th[/SUP], 2015.
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China to build Pakistan’s largest Airport at Gwadar
- Web Desk
- November 12, 2015, 8:20 p
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QUETTA** – Chinese engineers will build Pakistan’s largest Airport at Gwadar, which is a part of the lucrative $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project.
Jan Muhammad Buledi – the spokesman of Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch – said that the airport would cover an area of about** 4,000 acres.**
The airport – expected to be completed within 30 months - is among the many agreements signed between Pakistan and China on November 11 at the Gwadar Port.
The Pakistani side – led by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Senator Ahsan Iqbal – formally handed over 600 acres of** Gwadar’s free trade zone area **to the China Overseas Ports Holding Company on a 40-year lease.
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Groundwork laid for China-Pakistan free trade zone at Gwadar
NOVEMBER 18, 2015 BY APP
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Pakistan and China have laid the groundwork for a trade zone at Gwadar and preliminary plans are now being finalised.
Specific plans for the new China-Pakistan trade zone, which will be the part of Pakistan’s Gwadar Port, are under discussion to make this port the one like Hong Kong, the Shanghai Securities News has reported.
The report said that China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), is heading the Chinese delegation in the discussions.
A number of companies based in Zhuhai in South China’s Guangdong Province have signed deals with the city of Gwadar worth a total of US$ 1.02 billion to develop the port, the China’s news portal ifeng.com has reported.
Specific plans might include establishing industry parks, which are effective in facilitating investment and trade, said Chen Fengying, an expert with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.
“I believe that more plans will follow, and the establishment of an FTZ at the strategically import port is an important step,” Chen told the Global Times, a Chinese daily.
The Global Times of Beijing quoted a report that China Overseas Ports Holding Co (COPHC) had leased over 650 acres of land in Gwadar to build and operate the FTZ. “That was the first part of a deal signed between the two countries under which Pakistan will provide a total of 2,281 acres of the Gwadar Trade Zone to COPHC as part of a 43-year lease,” the report mentioned.
The COPHC will operate at the trade zone through three main companies Gwadar International Terminal, Gwadar Marine Services and Gwadar Freezone Company – according to the report.
The experts say the new developments in this regard marked a milestone in the implementation phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
“The new developments are by far the most important step in the implementation of the CPEC,” Sun Lizhou, Deputy Director of the Academy of the World and China Agendas, told the Global Times.
The CPEC is a major bilateral initiative to build infrastructure facilities in Pakistan that will connect the country’s Arabian Sea coast with the Himalayan border with China.
The initiative was unveiled during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s State visit to Pakistan in April.
With low tariffs and better coordination, the Gwadar FTZ will serve as an ‘entry point’ for Chinese companies and products to enter the country, Sun said.
Because of the strategic importance of Gwadar port, the establishment of an FTZ is also expected to have profound significance in the implementation of China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, which will connect with Europe via Central Asia, Sun noted.
“On the shores of the Arabian Sea in the western province of Balochistan, Gwadar is strategically a well-located port to ensure increasing trade in the region,” the company said in a post on its website.
Located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, just outside the Straits of Hormuz, Gwadar is close to key shipping routes accommodating a flow of more than 17 million barrels of oil per day and a large quantity of cargo, according to COPHC.