CPEC: Pakistan and China to ink new mega projects worth billions of dollars

Author: Web Desk

The 9th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the highest forum of the corridor, is scheduled to be held in Islamabad on November 5.

The JCC, according to sources, would deliberate on recent developments pertaining to Main Line-1 (ML-I), special economic zones (SEZs), Karachi Circular Railways, Kohala and Azad Pattan hydropower projects. However, sources added, no new power project would be added to the CPEC portfolio in the upcoming JCC.

As per details, a delegation headed by China’s National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC) vice-chairman would be visiting Islamabad in the first week of next month.

Apart from the deliberation on mega projects during the JCC, the NDRC vice-chairman would also inaugurate 300 MW coal power plant in Gwadar.

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