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Pakistan to build alternate CPEC route in northern areas to keep Silk Route open all year long
7 Apr, 2018

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ISLAMABAD - National Highway Authority plans to build 216-kilometre Gilgit-Shandur road to provide an alternate route to China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), reported Radio Pakistan. <link>

Official sources of NHA said the project would form part of Gilgit-Shandur-Chitral road for which feasibility study had been completed.

READ MORE: Pakistan decides to build alternate strategic CPEC Route in North
The estimated cost of the project is 45 billion rupees.

The official said new road would be an all-weather road and would also provide an alternative route to CPEC during the winter season when the Silk route is closed due to snowfall.

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After Lowari Tunnel, the new project will be another best possible route for travelling to the region and will save travel time as well

 

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CPEC in mellowness epoch
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Shahid Jameel

CPEC is a billions dollar project being implemented since 2015, when both Pakistan and China signed an agreement to construct this Economic Corridor.

The project has a high value for both countries China and Pakistan, due to CPEC the connectivity will open up west China to the south and contribute to “One Belt One Road” initiative policy. The establishment of communication from Kashgar (China) to Gwadar –Baluchistan (Pakistan) has been agreed to be completed by 2030. Chinese Government is trying to utilize the entire necessary supporting role to enabling the environment for the open economic system and logistic system in the regional vision of CPEC.

The CPEC not only for the China and Pakistan but will also benefit the surrounding countries. Pakistan will increase its economic growth through this project, and it is the right initiative for both countries China and Pakistan. CPEC is envisioned as a corridor of peace, prosperity, and development. Although the CPEC will face a lot of challenges has significant potentials of promising future. The peoples of Pakistan were adversely affected in the past due to inadequate opportunities and lack of right decision.

The CPEC will have a transformational impact on the state and the prosperity of the peoples of Pakistan. The visit of President Xi in April 2015 and Chinese commitment of CPEC, sketched the world attention to the new development and growth of the economy, and this will be the real prosperity for the both countries and will promise future for the region/the world.


The corridor will boost up economic development and create new business and job opportunities which will help in the alleviation of poverty. The project will help in Pakistan rebalancing between the geopolitical and geo-economic will improve the infrastructure, the energy requirements, workforce development and economic progress. CPEC is viewed as a game changer for both China-Pakistan and the entire region; economic development and regional integration will be enhanced through connectivity and partnership. It will have a positive impact on the living standard of the common people in the region by providing the numerous opportunities of cooperation and development. It will address the grievances, sense of deprivation, discrimination and poor management of resources, of a different segment of the society of Pakistan.
On the other hand, India is opposing the construction of the CPEC rather than deciding to join it.

Apparentlyly India is opposing the CPEC by offering the logic that the Corridor will be passing through Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, which is a disputed area being part of the former princely State of Jammu & Kashmir. This is a worldwide known fact that Jammu & Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India is recognized by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), that has passed resolutions since 1948 to resolve the dispute based on holding a plebiscite under its supervision to enable the Kashmiris to exercise their right of self determination to express through a vote whether they wanted to join Pakistan or India.

In this context, whereas Pakistan was willing then and is willing even today to hold the plebiscite under UNSC supervision, it is India that refused then and even refuses today to hold the plebiscite under UNSC supervision since India knows that Jammu & Kashmir being a Muslim majority state the outcome of the plebiscite will be in favor of Pakistan and India would lose the state.

Therefore, India’s declared pretext to oppose the CPEC on the ground that it passes through the disputed territory over which India has also a claim is not the actual reason, in fact there are other larger reasons for India opposing the CPEC.

Firstly, keeping up with its traditional desire and strategy of establishing hegemony in South Asia, India does not want to see strengthen Pakistan’s economy by enhancing its trade and investment through development of the CPEC. Therefore India is playing negative politics by misleading the world through its propaganda by taking an untenable stance that the CPEC is passing through the disputed territory.

Secondly, as per Modi’s anti Pakistan declared policy, India was struggling to isolate Pakistan at regional and world levels. However, as India got disappointed to observe that due to the construction of the CPEC, Pakistan was getting popular at the regional and world levels and India’s efforts of isolating Pakistan were failing, it started opposing the CPEC out of frustration.

Thirdly, India does not want China to enhance its trade and investment in other countries through the connectivity to be facilitated by the CPEC. Since India considers itself as a competitor to China at regional and world levels, it does not want China to further advance economically and in economic diplomacy based on CPEC-related connectivity.

Fourthly, India is opposing the CPEC to slow down China’s economic growth and contain its peaceful rise. This is again a negative politics being played by India against China, because while China has invited India to join the CPEC, India is endeavoring to harm the project.

At the end it can be said that it is beyond doubt that India will ultimately fail in its negative politics in South Asia and under social pressure of regional countries, it will be ultimately convinced to leave its anti-development politics in South Asia and join the CPEC although by then enough precious time would have been wasted to achieve South Asia’s intra-regional economic integration and this region’s economic integration with China and Central Asia.

 

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9 Apr, 2018
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BEIJING: China is to launch two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan in June this year, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT) website.

According to reports, the satellites are being launched to monitor the development of the $ 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.

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It will be the first international commercial launch for a Long March-2C rocket for around 18 years after it carried Motorola’s Iridium satellites into orbit in 1999.

The rocket will also carry the China-France Oceanography Satellite into space in September this year, CALVT said. The satellite will monitor ocean wind and waves. Long March-2C rockets are mainly used to send satellites into low Earth or Sun-synchronous orbits.

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China’s state news agency Xinhua reported the rocket will also carry the China-France Oceanography satellite into space in September this year.

Earlier, China had also launched Pakistan’s communication satellite PAKSAT-1R back in 2011.

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China and Pakistan had signed an agreement in 2016 for the launch of a special remote sensing satellite this year in 2018.

In April 2016, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and the China Great Wall Industry Cooperation (CGWIC) signed an agreement for the development and launch of the ‘Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) System’. Minister for Planning, Development and Reform, Ahsan Iqbal and CGWIC President, Yin Limping signed the agreement here on Wednesday.

It was underlined that Pakistan and China will use space technology to carry out planning and execution of development projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) more scientifically, and in this regard a satellite will be launched in June 2018.

 

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China to monitor CPEC projects with two sensing satellites


BEIJING: China is to launch two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan in June this year, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT) website.

According to reports, the satellites are being launched to monitor the development of the $ 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.

It will be the first international commercial launch for a Long March-2C rocket for around 18 years after it carried Motorola’s Iridium satellites into orbit in 1999.

The rocket will also carry the China-France Oceanography Satellite into space in September this year, CALVT said. The satellite will monitor ocean wind and waves. Long March-2C rockets are mainly used to send satellites into low Earth or Sun-synchronous orbits.

China’s state news agency Xinhua reported the rocket will also carry the China-France Oceanography satellite into space in September this year.

Earlier, China had also launched Pakistan’s communication satellite PAKSAT-1R back in 2011.

China and Pakistan had signed an agreement in 2016 for the launch of a special remote sensing satellite this year in 2018.

In April 2016, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and the China Great Wall Industry Cooperation (CGWIC) signed an agreement for the development and launch of the ‘Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) System’. Minister for Planning, Development and Reform, Ahsan Iqbal and CGWIC President, Yin Limping signed the agreement here on Wednesday.

It was underlined that Pakistan and China will use space technology to carry out planning and execution of development projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) more scientifically, and in this regard a satellite will be launched in June 2018.

 

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Pakistan deports Chinese engineers who scuffled with Police: Report
10 Apr, 2018

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LAHORE – Five Chinese engineers, who engaged in a scuffle with on-duty policemen in Kabirwala last week, have been sent back to their home country.

The engineers, working on the M-4 project near Kabirwala, had exchanged harsh words and roughed up the Special Protection Unit (SPU) personnel of the police force who were assigned for their security on April 4, Daily Pakistan has reported.

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The development came after the Khanewal district administration wrote a letter to the Punjab government, urging it to declare Xu Ling, the Country Project Manager, Tian Weijun, the Administration Officer, Liu Hui, the Material and Equipment Manager, Wang Yifan, officer for Financial Affairs and Tan Yang, the Field Engineer as the “persona non grata being the reason of this incident”.

“They [Chinese workers] must have realised the sensitivity of their security and should not have taken the law in their hands,” the letter reads.

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District Police Officer (DPO) of Khanewal, Rizwan Ahmad Gondal had also recommended the Punjab government to deport the five Chinese workers.

On Saturday, the Chinese engineers invited the police personnel at their camp for dinner where they apologized for their behaviour.

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Pictures show personnel in Punjab police uniform enjoying a meal with foreigners identified by some users as Chinese engineers who had clashed with police.

The brawl had started Wednesday when, according to eyewitnesses, the Chinese engineers attempted to leave the camp without security. The verbal aggression soon deteriorated into a physical fight, as the SPU personnel stopped them from leaving the premises.

A video showed a Chinese national standing on the bonnet of a police van, another video showed several Chinese nationals trashing policemen and some local people in plain clothes.

The pictures seemed more offensive to some people as they thought the Chinese national appeared to show no regard for Pakistan’s flag that was printed on the vehicle right under his feet.

According to police officials, Chinese engineers and other officials wanted to leave their camp in Khanewal and visit a “red-light” area on Tuesday night. They resorted to agitation when denied permission to leave the camp without being accompanied by security officials.

Later, the Chinese engineers also cut power supply to the police camp established within the main construction camp, the officials added.

On Wednesday morning, the Chinese workers stopped work on the project and abandoned heavy machinery and vehicles on various roads in the area. They also resorted to violence and attacked police in their camp.

 

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CPEC starts bearing fruit for people

Establishment of hospitals, schools and vocational training centres in Gwadar a dream come true
By XINHUA
Apr.24,2018
ISLAMABAD: The people of Pakistan have started to benefit from the completion of some of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, but “it is just the beginning of CPEC and a big change is taking place”, said a senior journalist Shaukat Paracha.

Paracha stated this during an interview with Xinhua during his recent visit to Port Qasim Coal-fired Power Plant, the first unit of which started to generate clean and cheap electricity for the energy-thirsty country last year, marking the second of the major energy projects under CPEC.

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The 1,320 megawatts power plant in full operation could provide enough power to about four million local families a year.

A reporter from the Associated Press of Pakistan Ziaul Amin has reported on CPEC for a long time, but had never before visited Gwadar.

After the recent Gwadar visit organised by the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan and the country’s Ministry of Planning and Development, Amin said that local people were very happy over the hospital and training centre established under CPEC.

“CPEC is expected to provide 800,000 jobs to Pakistani people in the next few years, which will be a great contribution to relieve Pakistan’s high unemployment rate,” said Amin.

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From a small, remote and less-developed fishing village, Gwadar Port was now embracing its new identity of Pakistan’s ‘Shenzhen’ with fully functional port terminal, free zone, business centre and, more importantly, a visible future of development and prosperity.

According to the China Overseas Ports Holding Co, the operator of Gwadar Port, some 30 companies in different businesses such as hotel, bank, logistics and fish processing had already joined the Gwadar free zone with expectations of generating $790.5 million annually after full operation.

In January, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the first phase of Gwadar Port’s Free Zone, expecting that the free zone would improve Pakistan’s trade with regional and global partners under CPEC to bring dividends of free trade to the economy and betterment in people’s lives.

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Pakistan Television anchor Yasir Rehman explained, “When infrastructure is developed, it brings stimulus to the economy, creates jobs and improves businesses by starting a constructive process.”

He said, “Uninterrupted power supply from CPEC energy projects will help industries increase production creating an ideal atmosphere for the economy. And with the functionalised Gwadar Port for its regular commercial cargo, CPEC will leave significant improvements for every common Pakistani.”

Rehman also appreciated the Chinese companies working on CPEC for fulfilling their corporate social responsibilities.

“I saw local girls studying in a school established with Chinese support in Gwadar, and if it had not been established, these girls would not have had any possibility to go to any other area for studies due to local taboos,” said Rehman, adding that education was the right prescription for eliminating poverty.

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“Hospitals, schools and vocational training centres were a dream in once a small fishing town of Gwadar, but now the youngsters from Gwadar are being provided with the ideal facilities to study and have a chance to change their lives,” he added.

Paracha said, “A chance of development is coming to Pakistan, and we altogether, including political, military and intellectual leadership, should grab it. We should make collective efforts so that CPEC can become a collective benefit for the whole region

 

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Pakistan to set up nine industrial zones under CPEC: Minister
Source: Xinhua| 2018-05-07 08:15:36|Editor: Chengcheng


ISLAMABAD, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has turned the strong political relations of Pakistan and China into deep-rooted economic ties.

Talking to the state-run Radio Pakistan in Lahore, Ahsan Iqbal said that under the CPEC, as many as nine industrial zones will be established across the country within the next two to three years, which will generate massive employment opportunities.

The Pakistani minister said that coal-powered energy projects with total power generation capacity of 1,320MW electricity have already been completed at Sahiwal in Punjab and at Port Qasim in southeastern port city of Karachi.

He further stated that 300MW solar power project has also been made operational in Bahawalpur in southern Punjab under the CPEC.

The planning minister pointed out that the incumbent government is tapping the Thar coal reserves, which could be the major source of electricity supply for the South Asian country for the next four hundred years.

The planning and development minister informed that the road network between southern cities of Quetta and Gwadar has been renovated which has shortened the traveling time between the two cities to only eight hours.

He mentioned that the reconstruction of Karakoram Highway and the extension project of Havelian-Thakot Motorway, Multan-Sukkur Motorway, and Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway will be completed by the end of the ongoing year.

The work on the Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta Circular Railway Projects has also been commenced under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, he concluded.

 

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1st section of CPEC's largest superhighway inaugurated in Pakistan's Punjab
Source: Xinhua| 2018-05-27 00:32:29|Editor: Liangyu

Photo taken on May 25, 2018 shows the Multan-Shujaabad section of Multan-Sukkur Motorway in Multan, Pakistan. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday inaugurated the first section of the 392-km Multan-Sukkur Motorway, the largest transportation infrastructure project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Multan in the country's eastern Punjab province. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

MULTAN, Pakistan, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday inaugurated the first section of the 392-km Multan-Sukkur Motorway, the largest transportation infrastructure project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Multan in the country's eastern Punjab province.

The prime minister opened the 33-km section spanned from Multan to Shujaabad city for public, which was completed well before the stipulated time.

The six-lane superhighway will connect the country's southern port city of Karachi with northwestern city Peshawar through the populated provinces of Punjab and Sindh.

The motorway also called M-5 is expected cut the travel distance between Multan and Sukkur from 463 km to 392 km, which can be covered in less than four hours at the maximum designed speed of 120 km per hour. The whole project is scheduled to be completed by August 2019.

The fully carpeted superhighway being built with modern technology will have 11 interchanges, 22 toll plazas equipped with latest intelligent technology, six public service areas, five rest areas, 107 underpasses, 188 subways, 100 bridges and other facilities.

Addressing the audience, Abbasi said that the motorway is a symbol of close cooperation between Pakistan and China.

He said CPEC is the implementation of Chinese vision of connectivity and opening up under the Belt and Road Initiative that is bringing great economic opportunities to the region.

On the occasion, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing said that five years after its start, CPEC has become a reality, which is a demonstration of a new level cooperation between China and Pakistan.

Yao told the audience that Chinese companies working at CPEC projects have provided over 100,000 jobs to local people and played their role to uplift people's lives by doing several social welfare works, including restoration and establishment of schools and technical training centers.

 

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