China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a collection of infrastructure projects that are currently under construction throughout Pakistan. Originally valued at $46 billion, the estimate of CPEC projects is $87 billion in funding today, only a quarte
At least a dozen odd attacks have been carried out on Chinese properties and citizens by the BLA over the last few years.
In the fourth bid, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has recommended $7.2 billion Mainline-I (ML-1) project to the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) for further approval, the Ministry of Planning announced on Saturday.
As India and China prepare for a high-level military dialogue to resolve the current standoff at LAC in eastern Ladakh, India’s military pointsman during the Doklam standoff Lt General Abhay Krishna says that New Delhi must draw a ‘red line’ that Beijing must not cross
China under the multi-billion-dollar CPEC will set up a 1,124-megawatt power project in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir despite India's objection to it, according to a media report on Tuesday.
Debt-ridden Pakistan is going ahead with its strategic USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project, despite the country's further economic downturn due to the coronavirus crisis.
Pakistan on Thursday said that coronavirus pandemic would not impact USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and its projects would be completed on time.
Baloch political activists spoke at an event titled: "CPEC: The exploitative project's human cost in Balochistan" on the sidelines of the ongoing 43rd session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Exploitation of natural resources by Pakistan and China in Giglit- Baltistan that affects the ecology and demography of the region remains a major concern for the local residents.
Pakistan on Thursday rejected US criticism of the USD 60 billion CPEC under China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), saying the project has helped the cash-strapped country to "fill the gaps" in energy, infrastructure, industrialization and job creation.
"The agreement will be finalised between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KPEZDMC) and CRBC later this month," Executive Business Development and Media at KPEZDMC Arbab Harron told the Xinhua news agency, without giving exact date for the finalisation of the agreement.
Wells emphasised the CPEC was not an aid to Pakistan but a form of financing that guaranteed profits for Chinese enterprises, with little benefits for Islamabad.
The two sides also signed and exchanged cooperation documents on health, youth exchanges and Gwadar Port development.
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