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2018 in Review: 11 CPEC Projects Completed, 11 in Progress

2018 in Review: 11 CPEC Projects Completed, 11 in Progress

Since the inception of China Pakistan Economic Corridor five years ago, 11 development projects have so far been completed with as many under construction using a total investment of around $18.9 billion, which have also created 75,000 jobs for Pakistani people.

According to the latest progress report on CPEC issued by the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, 20 more projects were in pipeline under CPEC, which was the largest and most comprehensive project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), besides being of great political, economic and social significance to China and Pakistan.

For implementation of CPEC, the two sides have set up a ministerial-level Joint Cooperation Committee on CPEC Long Term Planning (JCC) and seven joint working groups on planning, energy, transportation infrastructure, Gwadar Port, industrial cooperation, social economic development and international cooperation. They also decided to establish Joint Working Groups on social economic development and international cooperation.

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2018 in Review: Pakistan Foreign Policy ends 2018 on a High

2018 in Review Pakistan Foreign Policy ends 2018 on a High

Pakistan ended the year 2018 on a high on the foreign policy front as Islamabad started to regain glory at the regional level.

The year 2018 which had not started off well with the US President Donald Trump’s announcement to cut off aid to Pakistan, ended on a positive note with Islamabad starting to make a comeback as a main player in the region.

The US, which had discarded Pakistan in the outgoing year, returned to the talking terms after finding no way out in Afghanistan.

Donald Trump wrote a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan seeking help in resolving Afghanistan issue. PM Khan in response said that ‘the US has realised that peace cannot be attained in Afghanistan without Pakistan’s help.’

Officially allies in fighting terrorism, Pakistan and the US have a complicated relationship, bound by Washington’s dependence on Pakistan to supply its troops in Afghanistan but plagued by accusations Islamabad is playing a double game.

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2018 in Review: Raddul-Fasaad Takes Along Bigger Achievements

Raddul-Fasaad Takes Along Bigger Achievements

The ongoing military operation ‘Raddul-Fasaad’, launched in February 2017 year, has not only led to peace and stability but also greatly helped Pakistan in mainstreaming erstwhile FATA on western border by merging it with Khyber Pakhtunkhewa.

Apart from these milestones of Raddul Fassad, it also paved way for opening of Kartarpur corridor on eastern border which country’s leading defence analysts believed is a remarkable tactical move with strategic implications.

These dividends have been achieved in a short span of one year making Pakistan an ideal destination for investment with the aim to accelerate process of socio-economic development in the country, the ultimate objective of the ongoing military operation.

Background discussions with security officials and defence analysts suggest that the merger of erstwhile FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhewa was a most critical phase of the operation because the hostile intelligence agencies were hell bent to sabotage the process.

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