2021-07-17 02:05:32 GMT2021-07-17 10:05:32(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ISLAMABAD, July 17 (Xinhua) The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of China s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has been bringing socio-economic development for Pakistan and improving people s livelihood, said a Pakistani official.
A host of projects under the CPEC being implemented in Pakistan have been helping the country in generating employments, promoting socio-economic benefits for the locals, and lifting the poor masses out of poverty, Chairman of the CPEC Authority Asim Saleem Bajwa told Xinhua in an interview.
Expressing satisfaction at the pace of the work on the CPEC projects, Bajwa said that CPEC has entered the second phase after the successful completion of the first, which has filled the voids of energy and communication infrastructure in the country.
Iranian envoy stresses need for boosting B2B ties
Says Pakistan can import cheap electricity, gas from Iran to cut business cost
LAHORE:
There is a need to enhance business-to-business relations between Pakistan and Iran to steer socio-economic improvement in the region, said Consul General of Iran Mohammad Reza Nazeri.
Speaking at the first session of Pakistan-Iran Business Facilitation held on Friday, he pointed out that Iran was a beneficiary of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the country always extended its support to Pakistan for enhancing bilateral cooperation.
“Pakistan can import cheap electricity and gas from Iran to reduce its cost of doing business,” Nazeri said.
Interview: CPEC bringing socio-economic development for Pakistan: official
Xinhua
17 Jul 2021, 12:05 GMT+10
ISLAMABAD, July 17 (Xinhua) The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of China s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has been bringing socio-economic development for Pakistan and improving people s livelihood, said a Pakistani official. A host of projects under the CPEC being implemented in Pakistan have been helping the country in generating employments, promoting socio-economic benefits for the locals, and lifting the poor masses out of poverty, Chairman of the CPEC Authority Asim Saleem Bajwa told Xinhua in an interview. Expressing satisfaction at the pace of the work on the CPEC projects, Bajwa said that CPEC has entered the second phase after the successful completion of the first, which has filled the voids of energy and communication infrastructure in the country.
MUZAFFARABAD: On hot summer evenings, Khawaja Magbool Hadieri’s family used to sit on their home’s balcony and relish the cool breeze wafting off the nearby Neelum river.
But these days, after 80 per cent of the river’s flow was diverted for hydropower, “we’re sweating while sitting there, even using an electric fan”, Hadieri, 70, a resident of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir capital, said.
As Pakistan seeks new sources of green energy, officials are diverting rivers through tunnels to harness clean hydropower.
But the diversions are also causing a range of problems, from hotter urban temperatures to water shortages and sewage buildups in riverbeds once rushing with water.
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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On hot summer evenings, Khawaja Magbool Hadieri’s family used to sit on their home’s balcony and relish the cool breeze wafting off the nearby Neelum river.
But these days, after 80% of the river’s flow was diverted for hydropower, “we’re sweating while sitting there, even using an electric fan,” Hadieri, 70, a resident of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir capital, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
As Pakistan seeks new sources of green energy, officials are diverting rivers through tunnels to harness clean hydropower.
But the diversions are also causing a range of problems, from hotter urban temperatures to water shortages and sewage buildups in riverbeds once rushing with water.