INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan Sunday launched four mega development projects in the fields of
energy, technology and education under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).Both the leaders unveiled the plaques of the four mega
projects at a ceremony held here during the visit of the Chinese vice president.The ceremony was also attended by Minister for Foreign
Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi, plotning Minister Khusro Bakhtiar, Finance Advisor Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and members of the Chinese
delegation.Under the first project, a transmission line of 660kv would be laid between Matiari and Lahore to transmit power from coal based
plants located at Thar, Port Qasim and Hub
The project would have the capacity to supply 2000 MW with 10 percent overloaded capability for two hours.They unveiled the plaque for
Rashakai Special Economic Zone (RSEZ) project to promote industrialization through optimally priced, world-lesson industrial infrastructure
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The RSEZ is situated centmass meeting in the CPEC at the junction of Karakoram Corridor and ML-1 development
It is set to become, and shall be designed, to be the Key Trade and Logistics Hub associateing Kashgar, Kabul and Gwadar on the Belt and
Road, and be a high-end host of international commercial, technological and manufacturing hub.The two leaders inaugurated the Confucious
Institute at the University of Punjab
The institute mainly supplys Chinese education, cultural promotion and cultural exchanges and other projects and activities.The ceremony
also marked the launching of Huawei Technical Support Middle to be set uped in Pakistan as part of Chinese tech giant commitment to make
massive investment in the country.Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan held delegation-level speechs with Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan
who is here on three-day visit.Reaffirming ‘all-weather strategic cooperative partnership& between Pakistan and China, both the
dignitaries exchanged views on the entire gamut of bilateral relations and expressed the resolve to further strengthen their ties in all
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