CPEC: Manufacturing jobs needed for the local workforce
With the initiation of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and establishment of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) the local workforce is eyeing opportunities in the manufacturing industry as opposed to the construction industry. Those who work in manufacturing enjoy a settled life. Jobs in the special economic zones being set up under …
Read More »Another body formed for ‘CPEC promotion’ with Rs339 million budget
ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be sheer wastage of taxpayers’ money, the government set aside on Monday Rs339 million for another project meant for “strengthening industrial cooperation” under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved the three-year CPEC Industrial Cooperation Development Project at a cost …
Read More »CPEC a win-win project for China and Pakistan: AJK
According to a new report, Sardar Masood Khan, the president of Azad Jammu & Kashmir State stated that the CPEC is a win-win project for Pakistan and China. He made this statement during a seminar titled “CPEC and Azad Jammu Kashmir” organized by the University of Kotli in Kotli …
Read More »CPEC and its critics
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the main focus of the 10th annual report issued by the Lahore-based Burki Institute of Public Policy. The programme is still not fully formed; it will develop as its implementation proceeds. Economists call this way of developing a programme, ‘learning by doing’. The only …
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China’s Global Dreams Give Its Neighbors Nightmares
From South America to the North Pole, the BRI posits China as the overlord of global integration. But Beijing’s neighbors are rather more skeptical. The authors recently visited Beijing, Astana, and Moscow to gauge how Xi’s vision jibes with those of Eurasian neighbors whose cooperation is essential to the …
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