The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor or the CPEC is a major economic pact between Beijing and Islamabad, which is designed to enhance trade, transport, and energy connectivity.

“Baloch Jasbati Nahi, Nazriyati Hain”: Mahrang Baloch, the fiery leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has shaken Pakistan’s top brass. A medical doctor by profession, she later became an ...

The backbone of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), CPEC’s primary goal has been to transform Pakistan into a regional trade hub by connecting China’s western Xinjiang province to the Arabian Sea via ...

The CPEC is focused on facilitating industrialization, trade and market access, integration with global value chains, socio-economic development and poverty alleviation, agriculture modernization ...

CPEC has already contributed immensely to Pakistan’s energy sector, adding 11,650MW of electricity to the national grid between 2013 and 2018.

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project since its launch on April 20, 2015, by President Xi Jinping during his visit to Islamabad has become a topic of much discussion and debate ...

After investing upwards of USD 48 billion in 52 China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, Beijing has decided to do hard talk with visiting Pakistan military leadership this month and ...

China's ambitious CPEC project launched in 2013 was flawed from the beginning when it was assumed that it would be able to generate jobs and growth in Pakistan.

CPEC has increased job opportunities for the locals. So far, 75,000 jobs have been generated in 22 projects. The purpose of the corridor is to draw economic benefits for the good of the whole region.

Writing in June 2018, the International Crisis Group warned of the potential flashpoints provoked by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): “Pakistani leaders say the China-Pakistan Economic ...

However, for a second day running, the minister castiga­ted the CPEC Authority, saying the entity has not been able to attract any investment ever since its inception three years ago, APP reported.

The PMLN-led government plans to merge the CPEC Authority with the CPEC secretariat. The authority was formed during Imran Khan’s tenure in 2019 through a presidential ordinance.