Jan 02 , 2016
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CPEC equally beneficial for all provinces: Ahsan Iqbal
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal on Friday said the federal government was ready to redress all the doubts and misunderstandings of the KP viz-a-viz China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The minister made a telephone call to KP Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak on his reservations regarding the CPEC.
During the conversation, Ahsan Iqbal said, the CPEC is a national project and all the provinces would reap its benefits. “The federal government cannot think of discriminating with KP,” he said.
He assured the KP chief minister that the federal government would fulfil the commitment made at All Parties Conference (APC) in May, 2015, and would build Western route, passing through backward areas of KP and Balochistan on priority basis.
“The federal government firmly believes that CPEC has given us historic opportunity to develop backward areas socially and economically,” he added.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk