Pakistan, China agree to execute second phase of CPEC

Pakistan and China have agreed to start second phase of CPEC, as they expressed satisfaction on steady progress made in many other projects.

To review the long term Plan for China Pakistan Economic Corridor, the third meeting of Joint Working Corridor held, said press release.

The meeting was co-chaired by Secretary Ministry of Planning Development and Special Initiatives Syed Zafar Ali Shah and Pan Jiang through video conference.

In the meeting it was reviewed and summarized the implementation status of the CPEC projects and deliberated upon the future course of action with regard to implementation of the CPEC long-term plan.

Both sides expressed satisfaction on steady progress made on various projects, focused on Agriculture Cooperation, Industrial Cooperation, Science and Technology, Information Technology and Socio-Economic Development.