ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister Ameer Muqam has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will have a positive impact on the development of the southern districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Talking to Radio Pakistan, he said the prime minister is visiting different districts of the country for the inauguration of development projects. “He also visited Bannu and laid the foundation stone of gas supply project to five union councils of Bannu which will cost Rs259 million and will complete in one year’s time.” The premier also inaugurated several development projects, including four major highways, a university in Lakki Marwat, besides announcing Rs200 million for development projects in Bannu District of K-P, he added. Senator Ghous Muhammad Khan Niazi said that certain economic zones will be established in K-P through CPEC. He said unemployment will be reduced through development in these areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 5th, 2016.
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