The incumbent federal minister for planning Mr. Ehsan Iqbal a couple of months ago announced that 5 more corridors — corridor of growth, corridor of job creation and livelihood, corridor of innovation ...

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), as a flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has emerged as a game-changer in Pakistan’s journey towards becoming a pivotal regional ...

What began as a $62 billion infrastructure project has evolved into something far more ambitious and potentially dangerous for regional stability. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 2.0 ...

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif leads a delegation in discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, Sep. 2, 2025. Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Pakistan During the ...

Often hailed by Chinese and Pakistani analysts as a “game-changer,” the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) gained fresh strategic significance recently with Beijing brokering ...

The Chinese ambassador highlighted that the second phase of CPEC would mark a significant shift from the infrastructure-heavy first phase towards sectors that directly contribute to economic growth ...

Balochistan, which holds around 75% of Pakistan’s mineral wealth, is emerging as a central pillar of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), with policymakers and analysts stressing that ...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday outlined the vision for Phase-II of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), stating that the ...

ISLAMABAD: The number of approved special economic zones has surged dramatically from seven to 44 in the second phase of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), including notification of 37 new SEZs ...

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday that the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would focus on innovation, ...

China says its large economic collaboration program with Pakistan has entered “the stage of early harvest", making it the “fastest and most effective" among all projects in Beijing’s Belt and Road ...