Pakistan completes projects worth $25bn under CPEC, Kakar tells BRI Forum
Pakistan
Kakar was speaking at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar said on Wednesday that his country has completed more than 50 projects worth $25 billion under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Kakar was speaking at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing.
The CPEC is a flagship project under China's Belt and Road Initiative, with more than $65 billion pledged for road, rail and other infrastructure developments in the South Asian nation of 241 million people.
"We have completed over 50 projects worth $25 billion under the CPEC," Kakar said, adding that a very significant airport at the southern Gwadar port, which is being built with Chinese money as part of the CPEC, will soon be inaugurated.
Clean energy projects were expected to be completed in the next four to five years under the CPEC, he said.
He stressed on developing integrated communication links to enable agriculture and industrial sector to grow.
He thanked China for initiating “BRI project that will bring prosperity” in the less developed countries and said “Pakistan would welcome countries and partners in the CPEC.”
PM MEETS UN SECRETARY GENERAL
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday urged United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterrus to play a role in stopping Israel’s violence against Palestinians.
The prime minister and the UN’s top diplomat met in Beijing on the sidelines of third Belt and Road Forum.
“We demand an end to this indiscriminate targeting and urge the international community to act swiftly to stop the violence and hold those responsible accountable,” the prime minister posted on social media platform X after his meeting with Guterrus.
PM Kakar strongly condemned the Israeli attack on Al-Ahly Al-Mamadany Hospital in Gaza, causing immense civilian casualties.
He termed targeting a hospital, a sanctuary for those in need, an “indefensible act of inhumanity”.
International humanitarian law give protection to hospitals and medical personnel, he added.
