The Joint Co-operation Committee (JCC) meeting held in Beijing on Friday approved three mega development projects for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Chief Minister Pervez Khattak who represented his province in the meeting expressed satisfaction over the outcome of the deliberations of the JCC, official sources revealed.
The projects approved for KP included 1700MW electricity project, circular railway track between Peshawar-Charsadda-Nowshera-Mardan and Swabi and establishment of a state of the art Economic Zone along the motorway in Rasakai Nowshera. Khattak also floated the idea of future alternate route during the course of meeting connecting China Town Kashghar via Khunjarab-Bisham and Swat. Moreover the CM successfully presented the case of his province regarding CPEC as the JCC agreed to construct double fast railway track between Peshawar and Karachi and Peshawar-D I Khan besides dualization of the Indus Highway connecting Peshawar with DIKhan and onward to Karachi.
The KP also inked MoU for students exchange programme with Chinese Shandong University. Under this MoU, the students of KP would visit the Shangong University. A centre of Confucius Institute would also be setup in the KP. In an interaction with Chinese media after the JCC meeting the KP CM said he was personally satisfied with the outcome of the meeting. To a question by a Chinese journalist, he clarified that no one had any objection in Pakistan over the construction of central route of the CPEC.
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