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CHINA-PAK ECONOMIC CORRIDOR

Overview:
CPEC is the name of a portfolio of projects that has four part utilization of Gwadar Port, energy portfolio in
which Chinese companies would initiate more than 16,000 MW projects in Pakistan, infrastructure
development connecting roads, railways and airports with the corridor establishment of industrial parks
across the corridor. 

 CPEC was kick-started in July 2013 when PM Nawaz Sharif visited China to sign the MoU
between the two countries
 CPEC has ushered in era of geo-economics
 CPEC is not a single road but multiple networks of sea, air, roads linking Gwadar to China and
the region
 CPEC is mega-developmental project that will link Kashghar in Western China with the deep
sea Port in Gwadar, Pakistan through a mesh of communication networks
 CPEC communication networks will include a world-class seaport, commercial sea lines, an
airport, highways, railways, fibre optic cables as well as oil and gas pipelines.
 Under CPEC, joint cooperation committee has been formed with Ministry of P,D & R and
NDRC China.
 Pak-China Joint working groups have been meeting since past year to shortlist and approve
projects. 
 Media reports that only discussed us a terrorism haven are now talking about Pakistan as a
safe haven for 46 bil $ Chinese investment The investment in various projects of CPEC has generated
positive signals across globe for our economy

Transport/Infrastructure:

 Gwadar will be linked to Kashgar via multiple routes.

 Three principle alignments to link Gwadar-Khunjrab passing through eastern, central and
western parts of the country.
 Currently Gwadar is linked to upcountry only through Karachi, work well underway on western
route
 First the western route will be made operational linking Gawadar to Sorab, Qilla Saifullah,
Quetta and DI Khan
 195 km Gwadar to Hoshab section to be completed by 2015 by FWO
 Work is underway on N-85 Hoshab to Surab missing link, to be completed by Dec 2016
  About 65 percent work on Gwadar-Hoshab and 30 percent work on Sorab to Hoshab has
been completed. 
 FWO workers have completed 100-200 km of road from Gwadar to Sorab, 15 workers were
killed by insurgents.
  Zhob to DI Khan road will be upgraded with assistance from ADB. 
 110 km Khuzdar to Bessima road in Baluchistan to be completed in short term 
 Eastbay Expressway from Gwadar to Karachi included in CPEC infrastructure projects.
 Multan-Sukkur stretch is being completed as part of PM’s longstanding vision to link Karachi
to Peshawar via motorways.
 Up-gradation of 440 km KKH Phase II from Raikot to Islamabad to be upgraded with 3500B
USD.
 1,736 km of railway tracks to be constructed/upgraded linking Gwadar with Kashgar.
  In short term existing railway network M1 to be upgraded under CPEC

Not a single inch of original route plan has been changed.Controversy about route change is not
based on facts, serving the agenda of anti-state elements Detailed map of CPEC routes has been
shared in newspaper ads
 Gawadar:

 Gwadar is the centerpiece of Pak-China cooperation.

 Gwadar will be transformed into a world-class port by 2017.
 Gwadar projects include International Airport, Technical Vocational Center, Fresh water
treatment plant, Hospital, Breakwaters

Energy:

 $34 billion investment in energy sector under CPEC.

 10,400 MWs capacity will be added to the national grid through early harvest energy
generation projects to be completed by 2017/18.
 Energy projects include Coal, Hydel, Wind and Solar Plants spread across all provinces.
 Hydro power projects in Suki Kinari KP worth 870 MWs costing 1,802 Billion dollars.
 Hydro power projects in planned for AJK: Karot 720 MW and Kohala 1,100 MW worth 3,187
Bil dollars each.
 Coal Power Plants in South Punjab, Interior Sindh, Baluchistan by 2017/18.
 Coal plants in Interior Sindh including Thar, Jamshoro, Port Qasim.
 Power projects in Balochistan include Gaddani, Gwadar.
 Punjab energy projects in Sahiwal, RahimYarKhan.
 Solar Park in Baluchistan will be largest in the world producing 1000 MW, a triumph for
renewable energy. 
 Thar coal reserves untapped for past 67 years, to be transformed into energy capital of the
world.

Role of Provinces:

 National Harmony is crucial to reap benefits of CPEC projects.

 Gwadar, Quetta, Peshawar, Khunjrab, Lahore, Sukkur, Karachi all major nodes of CPEC.
 Less developed areas like Gilgit-Baltistan, Thar and Gwadar regions will be taken into the
folds of active development

Today history has offered us a great chance in shape of CPEC, Pakistan has missed economic
opportunities in the past 

CPEC: The Facts and Figures about ongoing

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ISLAMABAD: (APP) CPEC: The Facts and Figures about ongoing Projects

National Highway Authority (NHA) is taking all possible measures to ensure the early
completion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

An NHA official told APP Sunday that CPEC was the name of building roads from
Khunjerab to Gwadar. “The CPEC project, comprises modern highway and railway
transportation system linking Kashgar in West China to Khunjerab in the north and
onwards to Karachi and Gwadar in the south of Pakistan through multiple routes”, he
added.
He said a number of sections of this mega project have been completed and remaining
sections are under construction.

He said that the 784-kilometer segment from Khunjerab to Burhan consists of

Karakoram Highway (KKH), out of which 335 kilometres from Khunjerab to Raikot had
already been upgraded.

He said that the remaining part from Raikot to Islamabad is divided into three sub
sections of Raikot-Thakot, Thakot-Havelian and Havelian-Burhan.

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He said the construction work on 120 kilometres Thakot-Havelian section of the road
has started after its ground breaking by the prime minister recently.

He said that the work on 59 kilometre Burhan-Havelian section also known as Hazara
Motorway was going smoothly and it would be completed by end of 2017 at cost of Rs 34
billion.

He said that work on 285 km section of the western corridor from Hakla near Tarnol
Interchange on M-1 to Yarik near Dera Ismail Khan would start in coming few days. He
said the project had been divided into five smaller sections so that work could be
completed according to the given time frame.

He said that Rs 13 billion PC-1 for acquiring the land required for the project had been
approved.

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Basham-Khawaza-Chakdar expressway

The project envisages construction of 285km 4-lane expressway from Hakla on M-1 to
DI Khan near Yarik on N-55 as part of western route of the CPEC. The proposed
motorway will be built as a controlled access facility and includes provision of 11
interchanges, 19 flyovers, 15  bridges,74 underpasses, 259 culverts, and three major
bridges; one at River Sawan, one at River Indus and third at River Koram.The proposed
expressway will have 100m wide right of way (ROW) to convert the proposed four lane
facility to six lanes in future.

He said that physical work on  393-kilometer Sukkur-Multan Motorway  costing Rs 294
billion had been started.
The Motorway will be completed with the financial assistance from China (90 percent)
whereas remaining cost of the project will  come from the Public Sector Development
Programme (PSDP).

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It is also a part of eastern route under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),
which will be completed within three years costing Rs 294 billion.

This Motorway passing through Multan-Jalalpur Peerwala Ahmedpur East,Ubaro,

Panno Aqil will terminate at Sukkur. Total 54 bridges will be constructed including one
major bridge on Sutlej.

The official further said Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9), which connects Karachi
to Hyderabad is going to be 136 kilometres long with 16 exits and is going to cost about
Rs 24 billion adding that the project was inaugurated on March 16, 2015 and it is
expected to be completed within two and a half years.

He said the M-9 would later be linked to the Karachi-Lahore and Karachi-Gwadar
motorways to constitute the longest tract in the motorway network.