ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to start negotiations for importing 70 to 100 megawatt Iranian electricity to power up Gwadar Port, officials said on Thursday.A decision to this effect was.
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China’s inroads into the Pakistani economy - opinion
Sun Online Desk
11th April, 2021 08:44:03
While the Pakistani president and foreign minister visited China at the height of pandemic in March 2020, the scheduled visit of Chinese President Xi Xinping to Pakistan was deferred several times.
Getting the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) Authority law passed high handedly in the National Assembly in February 2021 has made the Pakistan government’s position more embarrassing as lack of progress on the mega- project has come under increased scrutiny in the eyes of media and public. The subtle signs of unease between the two countries over the future direction and subsequent funding of CPEC projects had already started surfacing earlier especially after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ministries seek time to remove hurdles in CPEC
Federal and provincial bureaucracy unable to meet expectations of political leadership
So far, 17 projects worth $13 billion have been completed while another 21 projects having estimated cost of $12 billion are under implementation. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has termed the slow progress on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) against “national interest”, as the federal and provincial bureaucracy again fails to meet expectations of the political leadership.
Headed by Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on CPEC (CCoCPEC) ended on Wednesday within minutes due to lack of progress on issues identified in last week’s meeting on CPEC, a senior government official told The Express Tribune.