Islamabad, October 18, 2022 (PPI-OT):Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal reviewed progress over the next 11th Joint Cooperation Committee meeting to be held at the end of this month. The meeting was attended by the Secretary Planning Commission, Secretary Communication, Executive Director China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and representatives from various ministries were also present.

During the pre-CPEC JCC meeting, major deliverable projects were discussed in length which will be taken up in the up-coming JCC meeting. It is noted that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be visiting China later this week and 11th JCC will have significance since the incumbent government has already revived CPEC projects which remained neglected during the last four years of PTI’s tenure.

During the meeting, several projects in various sectors like energy, transport, Information Technology, Socio-Economic Development, Industrial Cooperation, Science and Technology, Transport Infrastructure and International Cooperation were discussed. The respective ministries shared their deliverable proposals of projects after conducting their Joint Working Groups JWGs to be taken up in JCC with the Chinese authorities.

The minister directed the Power Division to expedite the approval process of energy policy for Gilgit Baltistan so that already agreed projects for GB could be pushed forward. The minister also said that Chinese authorities have shown great interest in mining sector and directed the concerned ministry to make a tangible proposal in this regard.

He further directed that the Development and Production Facility of Solar Panels for domestic use as well as export may be considered for inclusion in the agenda of the meeting. It was also proposed that the Pak-China Technology Business Forum will be formally established during the JCC meeting. The minister also directed the concerned ministries to focus on the long-term plans so projects could be operationalized.

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