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Kashmir can be linked through highways with CPEC route

Published November 26, 2016 Updated November 26, 2016 02:08pm

ISLAMABAD: President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Muhammad Masood Khan has said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will make ensure the prosperity and development in the region.

Talking to a delegation of Pak China Business Council in Islamabad on Saturday he said that both of the countries are committed to complete the projects under CPEC in time and it will strengthen the Pak-China friendship with passage of time, Radio Pakistan reported.

He said that Kashmir can also be linked through highways with CEPC route and will get benefits of this mega project in trade and business.

The delegation said that CPEC Council finalized it six mega projects for Pakistan which include projects of cement plants, oil refinery and others.

It said that one hundred seventy companies are working in CPEC Council and offices of the council are being establishing across the country in enhance the number of investors.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2016