Economy fortified, projects completed in CPEC: Ahsan

KARACHI: Minister for Planning and Development, and Interior Prof. Ahsan Iqbal on Friday said that Pakistan has achieved many milestones under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects and removed main bottleneck for the development of the country, says a Press release. 

Minister while addressing at the Conference organized at Pakistan International Trade Fair (PITF 2017) further said that Pakistan is rising and we assure the world that CPEC will facilitate the whole region. Under the CPEC many projects have been materialized and now exist on the grounds.

He specially shed light on energy projects and said within a four years of time under CPEC project around 10 ,000 Megawat energy projects are in progress. Today, load-shedding has been minimized and industrial sector is being provided un-interrupted electricity and gas supplies.

Under the CPEC we are working on many strategies including infrastructure development, energy generation, transport infrastructure as around US$35 bn earmarked for energy sector only.

Today, CPEC is connecting whole Pakistan and within a short span of time Karachi and Hyderabad will be called as twin cities as CPEC has shortened the distance between the both cities. Karachi - Peshawar Motorways will be completed by 2019. Karachi Railway project now has been made a part of CPEC. We have reduced the distance between Quetta and Gwadar under the CPEC. Its distance now has been reduced to only 8 hours long. He said so many other benefits are being materialized under the CPEC. Industrialists are happy and citizens can find more job opportunities as compared to past. He said energy, transport and infrastructure projects have triggered the progress and development of the country.

"The relocation of labor intensive from China would benefit Pakistan to seize opportunities for bolstering local industry and subsequent recreation of millions of jobs", he added "saying that the relocation of industry from China would create employment opportunities".

Earlier Mohammad Hanif Gohar Chairman National Fairs & Exhibitions - FPCCI said international CPEC conference and PITF will show and opportunity for economic transformation. CPEC is very vital for the growth and development of the country. He said speed on CPEC projects is laudable and government achieved many milestones. China is a true friend of Pakistan and we thankful to exhibitors for their presence.

S.M. Muneer Ex CEO TDAP & Leader of the Business Community said this exhibition will open bilateral trade opportunities with participating friendly countries. Further it is indeed a platform to showcase our indigenously produced products and technologies. is already going to be a resounding success and will prove it to be a historic trade event.

Pakistan International Trade Fair (PITF 2017) is being organized from 26th to 29th October 2017 at Karachi Expo center, The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) and Badar Expo Solutions are jointly organizing the international fair.

Haris Ali Mithani, Sr. Vice Chairman, National Fairs & Exhibitions, FPCCI, said PITF is an event that has been conceived and developed with an objective that our Industry needs exposure and trade is our prime concern in order to change the perception of Pakistan