ISLAMABAD: China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Project Director Maj Gen (R) Dr Zahir Shah has said that different power projects, including coal, hydel, solar and wind, started under the CPEC would be completed by December 2017.
While talking to the state-owned news agency, Maj Gen (R) Dr Zahir Shah said that the western route of the corridor would also be completed by 2016 leading to socio-economic revolution in the country.
He said that due to improvement in the law and order situation in the country, the foreign investors were coming to Pakistan for investments due to conducive investment environment. He said that owing to the CPEC, new industries would be set up in Balochistan which would help create employment opportunities for the people of the province besides improving their living conditions in the region.
Dr Zahir Shah said that after the completion of the CPEC project, it would not only help bring prosperity in the two countries but also be a fate changer for the entire South Asian region.
He added that the CPEC was a complete package for the cooperation in different fields between Pakistan and China including information network, basic infrastructure, energy, industries, agriculture, tourism which would also provide a platform for the socio economic prosperity to three billion population of the entire region.
