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CPEC is backbone of Pakistan’s economy: Asad Qaiser

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CPEC is backbone of Pakistan’s economy: Asad Qaiser

February 6, 2020February 7, 2020 News Editor

ISLAMABAD, Thursday, February 06, 2020 (WNP): National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Thursday said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a backbone of our economy amid critical economic challenges of the country. Terming CPEC a fortune change of the country, he said through knowledge sharing and technology transfer, we are hopeful that Pakistan would […]

ML-I railway track to be extended to Jalalabad: Sheikh Rashid

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ML-I railway track to be extended to Jalalabad: Sheikh Rashid

January 25, 2020January 26, 2020 News Editor

LAHORE, Saturday, January 25, 2020 (WNP): Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said the Main Line-I (ML-I) railway track will be extended by 154 km, from Peshawar to Jalalabad in Afghanistan. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of a freight train at the newly restored dry port on Saturday, he said that completion of the ML-I project […]

CPFTA-II is marked improvement: Study

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CPFTA-II is marked improvement: Study

January 25, 2020January 26, 2020 News Editor

KARACHI, Saturday, January 25, 2020 (WNP): A new report just released on the second phase of China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) concludes that the “tariff structure offered to Pakistan [under the new agreement] is a marked improvement” over the first CPFTA that was signed in 2006. “On over 80 per cent of the CPFTA-II product […]

china for early meeting on jcc to give final shape to mega projects

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China for early meeting of JCC to give final shape to mega projects

January 24, 2020January 25, 2020 News Editor

ISLAMABAD, Friday, 24, 2020 (WNP): China has asked Pakistan to convene the 10th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting under the CPEC framework ahead of its schedule in order to finalise different mega projects, including railways Mainline (ML-1) of $9.2 billion before the arrival of President Xi Jinping to Islamabad. China’s National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) […]