The provinces endorsed the plan before it was sent to China and “now it is an official document of the CPEC,” he added. Ahsan Iqbal said agriculture, poverty alleviation, tourism, culture and improvement in people’s livelihood had been added in the CPEC profile aimed at ensuring wellbeing of local communities. The Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project has been approved as CPEC project while similar projects for Quetta and Peshawar will be reviewed upon receiving technical feasibility reports of the project. The committee expressed satisfaction with the progress of the Early Harvest Projects as well as the development of the Gwadar Port. Committee chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain welcomed the inclusion of agriculture sector in CPEC, saying the agriculture was the backbone of the Pakistan’s economy.

Source: Pakistan Today December 11, 2017 18:13 UTC