Daily Times

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has asserted that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will also uplift the economy of the Sindh province, like the whole of Pakistan.

He addressed a seminar on `CPEC’ organized by a The Express Group, at a local Hotel. He stated that nine CPEC energy projects are in Sindh. They are PQA electric Company Coal-fired 1320 MW, SECM coal mine Block-II Thar Coal Filed 7.6 mtpa, SSRL Thar Coal Block-1, 6.5 mpta& CPIH 1320 MW Power Plant, Thar. The 50 MW Dawood wind farm Bambhoro, 100 MW UEP wind farm, Jhimpir, 50 MW Sunnec wind farm Jhimpir, Oracle Thar cola mine and power plant of 1320 MW.

Shah mentioned that he had attended the JCC meeting in December 2016 at China, in which he managed to include three important projects, Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) of $2.609 million, KetiBanadar Power Park, Transmission Line, Road, railway and Jetty for $5,000 million and Dhabeji Exclusive Economic Zone to the CPEC, for which feasibility is under way. These projects would not only change the face of Karachi but of the entire Sindh in fields of transport facilities and power generation.

“Sindh has also launched its Transmission and Dispatch company which would transmit power from Nooriabad to Karachi for K-Electric and we are going to inaugurate it shortly,” he announced.

On the occasion, Governor Sindh Mohmmad Zubair also participated.  Sindh-Engro Coal Mining Company chief Shamsuddin Shaikh briefed the audience on CPEC Thar projects. The KCCI Presidentalos addressed the audience, explained that the lands of Gwadar where nobody was ready invest there but after the launch of CPEC, price of its land have gone up tremendously.