Delay in CPEC projects sowing frustration in Pakistan, China: ReportThe big projects under the project are having problems raising the required funds and the completed projects are being shut down, a media p...
07 May, 2022, 07.27 PM IST
China's concerns cause a change of guard at CPECAs such, Bajwa had headed the Pakistan Armed Forces' media wing Inter-Services Public Relations from 2012 to 2016 & took charge of the CPEC...
14 Aug, 2021, 08.26 AM IST
China-Pakistan embroiled in major disagreement over CPEC fundingSerious disagreements have surfaced between the two countries over the Main Line 1 (ML-1) railway project. China is expected to lend $6 bil...
25 Jan, 2021, 11.28 AM IST
Pakistan's 2020-21 budget gives CPEC a missDr Bengali pointed out that despite the economic crisis, the government has not reduced its non-development budget and funds for running go...
16 Jun, 2020, 04.07 PM IST
Scope of CPEC to be enhanced in 2nd phase: Pakistani officialChina has committed to invest over USD 60 billion in Pakistan as part of the CPEC under which it planned to build a number of special econo...
09 Apr, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
PoK projects suffer as China focuses on GwadarAs China continues to focus heavily on CPEC in Gwadar, Balochistan, parts of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has witnessed slow progress un...
12 Nov, 2019, 07.40 AM IST
Pakistan diverts CPEC corridor funds; China ties under pressureChina had given the money as part of the $62-billion infrastructure funding to build the CPEC.
01 Apr, 2019, 01.03 PM IST
Islamabad, China relations a 'model of state-to-state ties', says Pakistan foreign ministerKhan's trip to Beijing comes ahead of a visit to Islamabad by International Monetary Fund officials on November 7 for formal discussions on...
31 Oct, 2018, 03.32 PM IST
China says different voices coming from Pakistan on CPEC; plays down reports on investment cutPakistan's Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid recently announced plans to cut the USD 8.2 billion Karachi-Peshawar railway project by about US...
09 Oct, 2018, 04.21 PM IST
Saudi Arabia's plan to invest in Pakistan a 'positive factor': ChinaHowever, Islamabad later clarified that the Saudi Arabian investments will not be under the CPEC.
08 Oct, 2018, 03.28 PM IST
Work on 3 CPEC projects halted till China's nod: Pak ministerThe CPEC is a planned network of roads, railways and energy projects linking China's Xinjiang with Pakistan's Gwadar Port.
12 Dec, 2017, 07.29 PM IST
A grim reminder for Pakistan how it is sliding into the Chinese debt trapChina’s grab of Sri Lankan Hambantota port after Sri Lanka found itself unable to repay expensive Chinese loans is a lesson for Pakistan.
11 Dec, 2017, 04.48 PM IST
China stops funding CPEC road projects over graft issue: ReportThe decision by the Chinese government is likely hit over Rs 1 trillion-worth road projects of the Pakistan's National Highway Authority.
05 Dec, 2017, 04.40 PM IST
China avoids comment on plans to build big dam in PoKWhile evading a response, Geng, however, put up a strong defence of the CPEC, playing down India's concerns over violation of sovereignty.
22 Jun, 2017, 03.50 PM IST
China says CPEC attracted USD 46 billion investmentsThis is the first time that China officially revealed the investment figures which were so far circulated by Pakistani officials
08 May, 2017, 10.46 PM IST
CPEC not only threatens India, it may also trigger Pakistan's collapse. Here's howCPEC, the flagship project under OBOR programme, could make Pakistan politically and economically subservient to China, scholars have warne...
08 May, 2017, 11.58 AM IST
IMF warns Pakistan of looming China-Pak Economic Corridor billGross external financing needs will jump almost 60 per cent by then, from a projected $11 billion for the current fiscal year, to $17.5 bil...
17 Oct, 2016, 09.06 PM IST