Ahsan Iqbal policy statement on CPEC

[Muhammad Omar]

I don't know if this is the correct section or not but still posting what Ahsan Iqbal policy statement on CPEC in Parliament Today


Policy Statement:-

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Monday informed the National Assembly that all reservations of the political leadership on China Pakistan Economic Corridor -CPEC‬ will be addressed.

In a policy statement, he said that the #CPEC is a national project and all the provinces would reap its benefits.

“The federal government cannot think of discrimination against any province,” he said, adding that suggestions to make the project more viable would be welcomed.

The minister said that federal government would fulfill all the commitments 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.

He said that the federal government firmly believes that #CPEC has given Pakistan historic opportunity to develop backward areas socially and economically.

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was a great gift for Pakistan’s rapid progress and hoped the project would be a game-changer, he added.

The minister said that out of total 46 billion dollars, 38 billion dollars would be invested in power sector through private investors and private sector would have to get return on its investment.

The remaining six billion dollars would be a concessional financing from Chinese government for the projects of infrastructure.

The minister said being a time-tested friend, China had taken a decision of huge investment in Pakistan at a time when the local investors were hesitating to invest in the country.

The minister said the #CPEC had changed the world’s perception regarding Pakistan. He advised the political leadership to avoid comments on the #CPEC project in public as opponents would take benefit from it.

He said that reservations if any should be raised in the Parliament committee constituted on the CPEC project. He said that the #CPEC project will make Pakistan’s economy impregnable.

He urged the national leadership to support the project.

The minister said that the #CPEC project is not only beneficial for Pakistan but for the whole region. He said that he would visit KhyberPakhtunkhwa on January 6 to remove the reservations of the provincial leadership.

He regretted that an NGO in its presentation indicated that Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan metro bus and Orange Railway projects are being constructed under CPEC project. He said, “this is totally baseles. (APP)

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1652954981646376

 

[Fracker]

Isn't they were doing dance show in Islamabad when government request to postpone dharna till Chinese delegation go back?

Isn't they accuse CPEC is a loan rather than investment?

Isn't when kpk cm was asked to go to China for agreements, he prefer to put his dhomka sessions as his top priority?

Isn't they are still accusing federal government on corruption under CPEC carpet?

Than why the hell they are crying when all four provinces are enjoying the progress and kpk is being left behind due to the stupidest leadership of KPK?

 

[Muhammad Omar]

@xyxmt @cb4 @Faiez @maxpayne @saiyan0321

 

[Faiez]

@xyxmt @cb4 @Faiez @maxpayne @saiyan0321

I think this might end up same way as USSR-NorthKorea ended...

Chinese stock market shut down today after reaching its limit of -7% per day on really bad manufacturing data...

 

[Muhammad Omar]

I think this might end up same way as USSR-NorthKorea ended...

Chinese stock market shut down today after reaching its limit of -7% per day on really bad manufacturing data...

BS

 

[Edevelop]

@xyxmt @cb4 @Faiez @maxpayne @saiyan0321

Good speech by Ahsan Iqbal

 

[Faiez]

BS

BS ? Bakwas Sharif ?

 

[ajpirzada]

biggest lies ever told...

out of 45 billion, Balochistan gets 1.21 billion and KPK gets 2.72 billion. How does this make "#CPEC is a national project and all the provinces would reap its benefits" ?

The so called western route is a lie as well. Chinease state media has shown eastern route as the only route. All the projects on the so called western route are those which already existed in the PSDP. Calling pre-existing projects as 'western route' is hypocrisy at best.

 

[Jzaib]

Isn't they were doing dance show in Islamabad when government request to postpone dharna till Chinese delegation go back?

Isn't they accuse CPEC is a loan rather than investment?

Isn't when kpk cm was asked to go to China for agreements, he prefer to put his dhomka sessions as his top priority?

Isn't they are still accusing federal government on corruption under CPEC carpet?

Than why the hell they are crying when all four provinces are enjoying the progress and kpk is being left behind due to the stupidest leadership of KPK?

it is a loan. do u have doubts about it. intrrest is lower then standard rates . PMLN members lie about it. They fool u and stupid people fall right in their trap

CPEC projects: status, cost and benefits - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

The first-phase projects will receive $45.69bn in concessionary and commercial loans, for which financial facilitation to the Chinese companies is being arranged by the Silk Road Fund.

i would suggest u to use google rather then nawaz sharif word . he is a proven lair

 

[maxpayne]

38 billion dollars would be invested in power sector through private investors and private sector would have to get return on its investment.

This is the most important point! CPEC is not only highways project but it include power generation also

 

[Muhammad Omar]

biggest lies ever told...

out of 45 billion, Balochistan gets 1.21 billion and KPK gets 2.72 billion. How does this make "#CPEC is a national project and all the provinces would reap its benefits" ?

The so called western route is a lie as well. Chinease state media has shown eastern route as the only route. All the projects on the so called western route are those which already existed in the PSDP. Calling pre-existing projects as 'western route' is hypocrisy at best.

Well i think and as we can see in the picture there are mostly mostly power Projects in CPEC weather it's coal wind Nuclear thermal dams etc etc which costs more then 30 billion dollars alone ... Once completed the electricity will go in the National grid and then distributed among Provinces according to the needs like Punjab and KPK already giving it's share to Karachi Industrial areas ... now why they are not making any power plant in Baluchistan cause of the risk of insurgency there and main reason Pakistan is making a force of 35000 personals to protect Gwadar and other parts of the project

now Coming on Road yes the gov is building 2 lane road and upgrading the existing one so that Gwadar can be connected to various cities and 2 lane road cause the traffic inflow is quiet low in Balochistan if increased the road wil be upgraded like Karachi Hyderabad road is being upgraded to Motorway

now Railway these are the railway tracks which will be upgraded or constructed in balochistan under CPEC upgrading of Station Quetta is included like other main cities stations

Now Special Economic zones there 7 places has been selected by GOV in balochistan yeah if they wanted they can make their own Economic zone anywhere in the Province (Provincial Gov) these are by federal

LIST: List of CPEC‬'s 27 Special Economic Zones (‪SEZ) to be developed by the Federal Government [Pakistan‬]:

Baluchistan:
1. Gwadar (3,000 acres)
2. Lasbela (1,290 acres)
3. Turbat (1,000 acres)
4. Dera Murad Jamali (50 acres)
5. Winder
6. Khuzdar (50 acres)
7. Bolan (1,000 acres).

Sindh:
8. Karachi (2,000 acres)
9. Karachi (300 acres)
10. Port Qasim (1,250 acres)

KHYBERPAKHTUNKHWA:
11. Mansehra (80 acres)
12. Nowshera (1,000 acres)
13. Hatter (424 acres)
14. Chitral (80 acres)
15. Ghazi (90 acres)
16. Dera Ismail Khan (188 acres)
17. Kohat/Karak Border
18. Bannu (400 acres)

PUNJAB
19. Multan (80 acres)
20. Rahim Yar Khan (450 acres)
21. Bhalwal (400 acres)
22. DG Khan (3,815 acres)
23. Mianwali (600 acres)
24. Rawalpindi (200 acres)
25. Pind Dadan Khan (1,000 acres)

GILGITBALTISTAN:
26, Moqpondass (2,000 kanals)

ISLAMABAD‬ CAPITAL TERRITORY:

27. Islamabad

NOTE: Provincial Governments are free to set up their own SEZs at places of their own choosing


Economic Corridor: 27 sites identified for SEZs

The federal government has identified as many as 27 sites in provinces, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and Gilgit-Baltistan for setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), it is learnt. Sources in the Finance Division and the Planning Commission told Business Recorder that provincial governments have also been requested to allocate land for sites of SEZs.

The federal government has identified seven sites in Balochistan for the establishment of SEZs. The sites identified in Balochistan for industrial estates are as follows: (i) Gwadar with 3,000 acres for mines, minerals, food processing, agriculture and livestock, (ii) industrial estate at Lasbela (1,290 acres, iron steel, hardware, paper industry, pharmaceuticals), (iii) industrial and trading estate at Turbat (1,000 acres, manufacturing), (iv) Dera Murad Jamali with 50 acres, (v) Winder Industrial and Trading Estate, (vi) mini industrial estate Khuzdar (50 acres) and (vii) Bolan Industrial Estate (1,000 acres). The government has identified three sites in Sindh to set up Special Economic Zones, which include Chinese industrial zone near Karachi (2,000 acres, Exclusive Chinese Industrial Estate), Textile City at Port Qasim, Karachi with (1,250 acres) and Marble City at Karachi with (300 acres).

As per official documents, eight sites in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province have also been identified for special economic zones. They include, marble and granite based industrial estate at Mansehra (80 acres, mining), industrial estate Nowshera (1000 acres, manufacturing), expansion of Industrial Estate Hatter (424 acres, manufacturing), industrial estate at Chitral (80 acres, food processing) as well as Industrial Estate Ghazi (90 acres, manufacturing) and industrial estate Dera Ismail Khan (188 acres, manufacturing).

Industrial estate at border of Kohat and Karak and industrial and economic zone at Bannu (400 acre) in KP have also been identified as sites for SEZ under CPEC. The government has identified seven sites for special industrial zones in Punjab. These included Multan Industrial Estate phase-II (80 acres), Rahim Yar Khan Industrial Estate (450 acres), Bhalwal Industrial Estate (400 acres), DG Khan Industrial Estate (3815 acres), Mianwali Industrial Estate (600 acres), Rawalpindi Industrial Estate (200 acres) and Pind Dadan Khan Industrial City (10000 acres) for agri, textile, food processing, livestock, manufacturing & energy).

Additionally, the existing under-development sites would also be included in SEZs for the CPEC. One site for special economic zones in Gilgit-Baltistan Moqpondass (2,000 kanal, mining & food processing) and one for Islamabad Capital Territory has also been identified under the CPEC.

 

[Jzaib]

I don't know if this is the correct section or not but still posting what Ahsan Iqbal policy statement on CPEC in Parliament Today

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1652954981646376

i have a question is orange train part of CPEC?

 

[Sugarcane]

i have a question is orange train part of CPEC?

I guess you haven't even bothered to read OP

He regretted that an NGO in its presentation indicated that Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan metro bus and Orange Railway projects are being constructed under CPEC project. He said, “this is totally baseles. (APP)

 

[Jzaib]

I guess you haven't even bothered to read OP

i did . but this what shahbaz sharif said
http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakis...-october-2017/

"Shahbaz Sharif said the project is being implemented under CHina-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and is an expression of Chinese confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif"

Ahsan Iqbal is big fraudia

moreover have u seen asad umar tweet i gave in the reply?

 

[ajpirzada]

Well i think and as we can see in the picture there are mostly mostly power Projects in CPEC weather it's coal wind Nuclear thermal dams etc etc which costs more then 30 billion dollars alone ... Once completed the electricity will go in the National grid and then distributed among Provinces according to the needs like Punjab and KPK already giving it's share to Karachi Industrial areas ... now why they are not making any power plant in Baluchistan cause of the risk of insurgency there and main reason Pakistan is making a force of 35000 personals to protect Gwadar and other parts of the project

now Coming on Road yes the gov is building 2 lane road and upgrading the existing one so that Gwadar can be connected to various cities and 2 lane road cause the traffic inflow is quiet low in Balochistan if increased the road wil be upgraded like Karachi Hyderabad road is being upgraded to Motorway

now Railway these are the railway tracks which will be upgraded or constructed in balochistan under CPEC upgrading of Station Quetta is included like other main cities stations

Now Special Economic zones there 7 places has been selected by GOV in balochistan yeah if they wanted they can make their own Economic zone anywhere in the Province (Provincial Gov) these are by federal

LIST: List of CPEC‬'s 27 Special Economic Zones (‪SEZ) to be developed by the Federal Government [Pakistan‬]:

Baluchistan:
1. Gwadar (3,000 acres)
2. Lasbela (1,290 acres)
3. Turbat (1,000 acres)
4. Dera Murad Jamali (50 acres)
5. Winder
6. Khuzdar (50 acres)
7. Bolan (1,000 acres).

Sindh:
8. Karachi (2,000 acres)
9. Karachi (300 acres)
10. Port Qasim (1,250 acres)

KHYBERPAKHTUNKHWA:
11. Mansehra (80 acres)
12. Nowshera (1,000 acres)
13. Hatter (424 acres)
14. Chitral (80 acres)
15. Ghazi (90 acres)
16. Dera Ismail Khan (188 acres)
17. Kohat/Karak Border
18. Bannu (400 acres)

PUNJAB
19. Multan (80 acres)
20. Rahim Yar Khan (450 acres)
21. Bhalwal (400 acres)
22. DG Khan (3,815 acres)
23. Mianwali (600 acres)
24. Rawalpindi (200 acres)
25. Pind Dadan Khan (1,000 acres)

GILGITBALTISTAN:
26, Moqpondass (2,000 kanals)

ISLAMABAD‬ CAPITAL TERRITORY:

27. Islamabad

NOTE: Provincial Governments are free to set up their own SEZs at places of their own choosing


Economic Corridor: 27 sites identified for SEZs

The federal government has identified as many as 27 sites in provinces, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and Gilgit-Baltistan for setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), it is learnt. Sources in the Finance Division and the Planning Commission told Business Recorder that provincial governments have also been requested to allocate land for sites of SEZs.

The federal government has identified seven sites in Balochistan for the establishment of SEZs. The sites identified in Balochistan for industrial estates are as follows: (i) Gwadar with 3,000 acres for mines, minerals, food processing, agriculture and livestock, (ii) industrial estate at Lasbela (1,290 acres, iron steel, hardware, paper industry, pharmaceuticals), (iii) industrial and trading estate at Turbat (1,000 acres, manufacturing), (iv) Dera Murad Jamali with 50 acres, (v) Winder Industrial and Trading Estate, (vi) mini industrial estate Khuzdar (50 acres) and (vii) Bolan Industrial Estate (1,000 acres). The government has identified three sites in Sindh to set up Special Economic Zones, which include Chinese industrial zone near Karachi (2,000 acres, Exclusive Chinese Industrial Estate), Textile City at Port Qasim, Karachi with (1,250 acres) and Marble City at Karachi with (300 acres).

As per official documents, eight sites in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province have also been identified for special economic zones. They include, marble and granite based industrial estate at Mansehra (80 acres, mining), industrial estate Nowshera (1000 acres, manufacturing), expansion of Industrial Estate Hatter (424 acres, manufacturing), industrial estate at Chitral (80 acres, food processing) as well as Industrial Estate Ghazi (90 acres, manufacturing) and industrial estate Dera Ismail Khan (188 acres, manufacturing).

Industrial estate at border of Kohat and Karak and industrial and economic zone at Bannu (400 acre) in KP have also been identified as sites for SEZ under CPEC. The government has identified seven sites for special industrial zones in Punjab. These included Multan Industrial Estate phase-II (80 acres), Rahim Yar Khan Industrial Estate (450 acres), Bhalwal Industrial Estate (400 acres), DG Khan Industrial Estate (3815 acres), Mianwali Industrial Estate (600 acres), Rawalpindi Industrial Estate (200 acres) and Pind Dadan Khan Industrial City (10000 acres) for agri, textile, food processing, livestock, manufacturing & energy).

Additionally, the existing under-development sites would also be included in SEZs for the CPEC. One site for special economic zones in Gilgit-Baltistan Moqpondass (2,000 kanal, mining & food processing) and one for Islamabad Capital Territory has also been identified under the CPEC.

1. to say that the electricity will go to the national grid is bad economics. What about impact of billion dollars of investment? Employment, skills, technology?

2. Upgrading existing network according to previous plans cannot be called 'western route.' More importantly, all this 'upgradation' was already going on. You can check the PSDP documents on the PC website. Calling old projects as CPEC projects is deception.

3. You really believe federal government will build 27 SEZs? This is like 1000s of other projects which have already been approved by current and past governments but will never be initiated. Just show me where is the funding allocation for these 27 SEZs in the PSDP?


I have given you numbers: "Balochistan gets 1.21 billion and KPK gets 2.72 billion." If you want to prove me wrong, give me your numbers.