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In this file photo, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority Chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa speaks to the media in Hoshab, Balochistan. DawnNewsTV/File
ISLAMABAD: CPEC Authority Chairman retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa on Thursday urged investors from Singapore to tap the huge potential in the newly established Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
“I invite you to come in here for the win-win opportunity as we have a huge young human resource and cheaper labour force,” he said while addressing as a keynote speaker at a webinar on investment opportunities in SEZs established under CPEC initiative.
The event was jointly organised by the Pakistan High Commission and the Embassy of China in Singapore.
Talking to angry people
July 9, 2021
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” – Winston Churchill It was in a speech during his recent visit to Gwadar that Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he was thinking of initiating a dialogue with such insurgents in Balochistan who had not been used by India for conducting subversive activities in Pakistan. In its meeting held a day later on July 6, the federal cabinet authorised the prime minister to go ahead with holding talks to bring the angry Baloch tribes into the mainstream of national polity.
This is not the first time that such an effort would be initiated by the government. There have been many attempts made earlier also, the most recent one being by Dr Abdul Malik when he was the chief minister of the province. Reportedly, some progress was made but, because of his replacement with Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri to head the government during the second half of the tenure, the talks remained i
A Saigon Moment in the Hindu Kush
By Pepe Escobar
For the unknown soldier
Let’s start with some stunning facts on the Afghan ground.
The Taliban are on a roll. Earlier this week their PR arm was claiming they hold 218 Afghan districts out of 421 – capturing new ones every day. Tens of districts are contested. Entire Afghan provinces are basically lost to the government in Kabul, which has been de facto reduced to administer a few scattered cities under siege.
Already on July 1, the Taliban announced they controlled 80% of Afghan territory. That’s close to the situation 20 years ago, only a few weeks before 9/11, when Commander Ahmad Shah Masoud told me in the Panjshir valley , as he prepared a counter-offensive, that the Taliban were 85% dominant.
Daily Times
July 9, 2021
Chairman China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Lt. Gen. (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa Thursday called upon the investors from Singapore to tap the huge potential in the newly established Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under the CPEC.
“I invite you to come in here for the win-win opportunity as we have a huge young human resource and cheaper labour force,” he said while addressing as a keynote speaker at a webinar on Investment Opportunities in CPEC related SEZs. The event was jointly organized by the Pakistan High Commission and the Embassy of China in Singapore. Bajwa said,”we are hungry for industrialization and development therefore Singapore investors could benefit from our potential,” he added.