Islamabad. A master piece of vision of Chinese President Xi Ping and Nawaz Sharif China Pakistan Economic Corridor proved to be a game changer.
Addressing a seminar on CPEC in Islamabad on Tuesday, the Planning Minister claimed that Pakistan through the CPEC became self reliant in the field of energy.
The Minister said that the corridor project shifted Pakistan’s focus from geo politics to geo-economics.
Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal says China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has given economic dimension to China-Pakistan relationship.
He said under the CPEC, energy and road infrastructure projects were prioritized.
The Minister for Planning said under this mega project, eight thousand megawatts of electricity was added to the system and this also helped made Thar Coal a productive asset.
