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ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to hold meetings with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and other political leaders this week to discuss the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project.
According to details, the government wants to address the reservations of the provinces regarding the CPEC project that will be discussed during the meetings.
In a separate development, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday said the map presented at the All Parties Conference was not the "official" map of CPEC.
He pointed out the "difference" after Senator Jehanzeb Jamaldini presented a map of the economic corridor project."This is not the official map of the CPEC project. I don't know what kind of map it is," he said.
Read: Balochistan’s reservations on CPEC removed: Ahsan
China on Saturday took notice of the recent political divide among local leaders over the economic corridor project and urged the political parties to address their difference in order to create favourable conditions for the completion of CPEC.
"We are ready to work with Pakistanis, to actively promote construction of CPEC projects, and bring tangible benefits to the people of the two countries. CPEC benefits Pakistan as a whole and will bring development and benefits to the people of the country," a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Islamabad said.
It may be mentioned here that Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have demanded of the federal government to address reservations of the provinces regarding the economic corridor project in general, and the western route in particular.
PM likely to discuss CPEC with Khattak