Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Prime Minister who is on a two-day visit to China held a meeting with Chinese premier Xi Jinping on Wednesday and focused on expanding cooperation on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The CAQM also urged NCR residents to assist in implementing GRAP and adhere to the procedures outlined in the Citizen Charter under GARP. A 9-point action plan in accordance with Stage III of GRAP was also made applicable over the entire NCR.
According to the official release, the 9-point action plan consists of measures that must be carried out/ensured by various organisations, including the Pollution Control Boards of NCR and DPCC.
“Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif met Chinese President Xi Jinping. Both leaders discussed mutual cooperation in all areas of bilateral relations, especially #CPEC projects and agreed to further strengthen strategic partnership,” tweeted Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Office.
The Prime Minister stated that he was “honoured to be among the first few leaders to have been invited following the historic 20th National Congress of the CPC” before leaving for Beijing on November 1.
The prime minister also said that there is a lot to learn from the Chinese economic miracle.
“At a time when the world is grappling with multiple challenges, Pakistan and China stand together as friends and partners,” he said.
A day prior to the visit, China expressed its warm welcome for the PM and expressed its eagerness to advance high-level strategic cooperation between the two nations and generate more positive consequences from Sino-Pak friendship for the benefit of the two peoples.
The 3,000-km-long CPEC route links the Gwadar Port in Pakistan’s western region of Balochistan with the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China.
It is a bilateral initiative between Pakistan and China that aims to improve connectivity throughout Pakistan by building a network of roads, railroads, and pipelines along with other infrastructure development initiatives in the energy, industrial, and other sectors.
However, because CPEC poses a threat to the region’s ethnic diversity, the militant groups in Balochistan are opposed to it. This puts the CPEC at risk because the success of the