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Amid COVID-19 outbreak, CPEC project should be halted: European think tank
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], (ANI) March 27 (ANI): Experts believe that amid a health crisis triggered by the rapidly spreading coronavirus, it is more important to focus on containing the infection rather than continuing with the development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which
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Expert warns of dark future for China's OBOR projects amid COVID-19 outbr
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Mar 26 (ANI): China's much-publicised China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative has a dark future as nations are blaming these projects and it's Chinese manpower for having contributed to the spread of coronavirus.
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China's Belt and Road Initiative, CPEC are 'conduits for pandemics and not
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 21 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a leading Washington DC-based activist from Gilgit Baltistan has called on the international community to tell China to permanently discontinue mega projects like the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the China Pakistan Economic
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Gilgit-Baltistan facing COVID-19 outbreak threat, CPEC project hit
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Mar 20 (ANI): Gilgit-Baltistan, a Pakistan-occupied region bordering China, is facing a threat of the coronavirus outbreak as a large number of Chinese workers and Army personnel are present here because of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
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Is China's multi-billion dollar project in Pakistan facing a crisis?
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Mar 8 (ANI): Almost seven years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping had shared the planning of a massive China Pakistan Economic Corridor Projects (CPEC) linking its landlocked western region of Xinjiang to the Arabian Sea in a bid to venture into the West. But, even today, the v
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CPEC costs human life, resources in Balochistan: Activists at UN
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva, Switzerland Mar 03 (ANI): Baloch political activists have alleged that the people in Balochistan are paying a heavy price for the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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Pakistan invites US to invest in CPEC
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 28 (ANI): A top Pakistani official stated that the United States has been invited to invest in projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Beijing's multi-billion dollar project.
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Firms blacklisted by World Bank got CPEC contracts: Alice Wells
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 22 (ANI): Senior US diplomat Alice Wells on Tuesday sharply criticised the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) saying that the companies blacklisted by the World Bank had got contracts in the multi-billion dollar project.
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Students' protest against fee hike enter third month in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Jan 11 (ANI): Hundreds of students of Karakoram International University in Gilgit Baltistan boycotted classes and blocked a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route on the Karakorum Highway as protests against the government's decision to hike tuition fee entered its t
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CPEC will provide little benefit to locals, especially those in volatile p
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 7 (ANI): Analysts have warned Pakistan that the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will provide little benefit to the locals, especially those in the marginalised and volatile province of Balochistan.
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Bilawal accused Pak govt of changing CPEC route to deprived Baloch people
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], Dec 16 (ANI): Pakistan opposition's PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has accused Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government of modifying the route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with an aim to keep Balochistan deprived of its share of benefits from the project
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World Bank to provide USD 406 mn loan to Pak for Khyber Pass Economic Corr
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 14 (ANI): Pakistan and the World Bank have signed a loan agreement worth USD 406 million for the Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) project.
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