ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Friday dispelled the impression of slowing down pace of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects saying that major work of the CPEC projects was completed during the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) government. Asad Umar said the PML-N government totally ignored the Western Corridor that was the heart of CPEC. He informed that the current government had completed 67% work of the 110 kms Khuzda-Basima road while it would also complete the rest work soon. Likewise the 146 km Hoshab-Awaran road project had also been approved and contractor had been mobilized. Likewise the government has also accorded approval to other such roads such as Nokundi-Mashkel road, Mashkel-Panjgur road, Awaran-Jhal Jhao road.

Source: Pakistan Today September 17, 2021 12:00 UTC