CPEC projects being reviewed, confirms PM Imran Khan

CPEC projects being reviewed, confirms PM Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Imran Khan has confirmed that PTI government is reviewing the CPEC projects.

PM Khan on Saturday said the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was being reviewed afresh to safeguard rights of all the provinces.

He said this while chairing a meeting of Balochistan provincial cabinet in Quetta

He said progress of Pakistan was linked with development of Balochistan. The federal government would extend every possible cooperation to Balochistan in the financial crisis being faced by it, he added.

“The federal government in collaboration with Balochistan authorities will end backwardness in the province,” he said.

Imran Khan said a comprehensive strategy would be worked out for an early progress of Balochistan in the light of proposals to be submitted by the provincial government.

He asked the members of provincial assembly to do an effective legislation for resolving problems of the people in the province. The chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) also stressed on the need of taking measures on priority basis to meet the water scarcity in Quetta.