CPEC a testimony of time-tested Pak-China friendship: PM Imran
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He expressed satisfaction on the pace of ongoing projects
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was a testimony of time-tested and deep-rooted Pak-China friendship and will continue to take pre-eminence in the country’s development strategy.
He expressed satisfaction on the pace of ongoing projects and reiterated the resolve to complete the CPEC at all cost.
The prime minister was chairing a high level meeting to review progress on CPEC, the flagship project of Belt and Road Initiative.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar, Minister for Finance Shaukat Fayyaz Tareen, Minister for Industries Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiyar, Minister for Planning Asad Umar, Adviser to Prime Minister Abdul Razzaq Dawood, National Security Advisor Dr. Moeed Yousuf, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Cha
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The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan highlights the importance of South and Central Asia to China.
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Pakistan and Chinese soldiers take part in a joint exercise in Jhelum, Pakistan Thursday, Nov 24, 2011.
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As the United States embarks on its withdrawal from Afghanistan, some wonder what China will do given the country’s critical interests in South and Central Asia. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative is merely the latest articulation of a strategic narrative that imbues the South and Central Asian region with critical importance to China. As Raffaello Pantucci, a senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), explains in the following interview, China has long-running interests in the wider region. While Beijing is not poised to follow the Soviet Union and now, the United States, into the “graveyard of empires,” those interests remain important to China.
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• Hints at extending health insurance scheme to province
• Launches work on three road projects
QUETTA: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said his government was keen to bring about a revolution in Balochistan through projects of infrastructure and human development.
The federal government would discuss the expansion of health insurance, similar to those introduced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan, with the coalition government of Balochistan, said the prime minister after his arrival in Quetta on a daylong visit.
While speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of three road projects 162km Ziarat-Harnai road, 11km Dera Murad Jamali Bypass (N-65) and 23km dualisation of Quetta Western Bypass (N-25) under the National Highway Authority (NHA), Mr Khan said the federal government despite financial constraints was committed to diverting funds towards the development of Balochistan.