Sukkur
Chairman Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and Pakistan China Institute (PCI), Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed has said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a guarantor of prosperous Pakistan, the pillar of Pakistan-China Friendship, hence CPEC will continue with the same momentum as before during its new phase. He also said that there is no question of CPEC slowing down or being stopped, as it is the core interest of Pakistan like the Nuclear program and Kashmir issue.
He made these comments during the Seminar “Friends of Silk Road” Organized by the PCI in cooperation with the Sindh government and Embassy of China to mark the successful completion of Sukkur-Multan Motorway, which is CPEC Mega Project. The event was held at the IBA University Sukkur on Friday with the attendance of over 400 persons including politicians, parliamentarians, ministers, senior bureaucrats, media, civil society, students and scholars as well as the University Vice Chancellor. The Auditorium of IBA was packed to capacity.
The Former Cabinet Minister Syed Khursheed Shah, Sindh Senior Minister Nisar Khoro and Mayor of Sukkur Arsalan Shaikh and Consul General of China in Karachi, Wang Yu, attended the function.
Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed also thanked China for its prompt and resolute support to Pakistan during the current crisis on Kashmir and said the China has demonstrated it is indeed “Our best Friend and Reliable Partner”. He also congratulated China for celebrating this year the 70th Anniversary of founding of the People’s Republic of China. He gave the credit for the rise and progress of China to great leaders like Chairman Mao, Deng Xiaoping and President Xi Jinping.
He also paid tribute to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari for their role in launching CPEC and strengthening Pakistan-China relations, adding that the Sukkur-Multan Motorway, which provided employment to 29,000 Pakistanis will unite the Federation of Pakistan and promote Economic Development through facilitating land communication between Sindh and Punjab as well as other parts of Pakistan like Balochistan, KPK, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan. Senator Hussain said the project has been implemented in such a manner so as to ensure harmony with the Environment as well as local communities all along this route.
Speaking about CPEC, Senator Mushahid Hussain welcomed the establishment of CPEC Authority and expressed hope that it will expedite coordination between federal government and provinces as well as departments within federal government through ‘one window operation’.
He termed ‘CPEC success story as it not just launched new projects successfully but dead projects like Thar Coal and Gawadar Port were revived and were now running successfully. Thar Coal project was not only carrying out mining but was generating electricity which is now contributing to the National Grid & Thar has witnessed women’s empowerment as women were driving dumper trucks.—INP
