Govt to include 8 new infrastructure projects into CPEC

Islamabad: The federal government is looking to include eight new infrastructure projects in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework 2020-22, according to a news report published on July 21. The projects will be presented before the 10th meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee on CPEC later this year.

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The projects to be included are:

1. Greater Peshawar Mass Transit Project
2. 82-kilometre Swat Expressway Phase-II
3. Karachi Port Development Project
4. 105-kilometre Thar-Chor Railway Line
5. 22-kilometre Hub-Karachi Railway Line
6. Keti Bandar Port Development Project
7. 182-kilometre Karachi-Quetta-Chaman Motorway
8. Optical Fibre Phase II

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The infrastructure projects that have already been completed, approved or are being constructed under CPEC include:

1. Sukkar-Multan (M-5) Motorway
2. Sukkar-Hyderabad (M-6) Motorway
3. Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan section
4. Zhob-Dera Ismail Khan segment
5. Zhob-Quetta section
6. Orange Line Metro Train in Lahore
7. Havelian-Thakot highway projects