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The CPEC "Early Harvest" plan includes [citation needed] a complete overhaul of the 1,687-kilometer-long Main Line 1 railway (ML-1) between Karachi and Peshawar. The plan was initially floated in 2015; [ 162 ] however, as of January 2023, construction on the project has not yet started, with funding only secured in November 2022. [ 163 ]
The book is divided into ten chapters that discuss and evaluate the anticipated economic and geopolitical effects on the region. In addition, it investigates the role of CPEC in the future regional cooperation and integration of subnational regions such as Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (including the Federally Administered Tribal Areas), and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The CPEC project envisages an expanded and upgraded road network in the aforementioned provinces, and will result in the upgrading or construction of 1,153 kilometres (716 mi) worth of road into two- and four-lane divided highways by mid-2018 along the Western Alignment, [1] with land acquisition sufficient for upgrading parts of the road to a ...
The Western Alignment of CPEC is depicted by the red line. The 1,153 kilometre route will link the M1 Motorway near Islamabad with Gwadar Port. The Western Alignment will also connect to the Karakoram Highway, which is being rebuilt and overhauled as part of CPEC to provide improved access to Gilgit Baltistan and the Chinese region of Xinjiang.
The Engro Thar Coal Power Project (Thar-ll), also known as Engro Powergen Thar, is a coal-fired power plant developed as part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor by Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (a joint venture between the government of Sindh and Engro Corporation) and China Machinery Engineering Corporation in the Thar Block-II of the Thar Coalfield, Tharparkar District, Sindh ...
Though the plant is now considered to be part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which was announced in April 2015, the symbolic ground breaking for the project actually preceded the announcement of CPEC and took place in May 2014, [4] as the government of Punjab in March 2014 invited bids for the construction of two 660MW power ...
The airport project was launched as a swiftly achievable, high-priority initiative within the CPEC programme in 2014. [6] Former PM Imran Khan had laid the foundation of NGIA on 29 March 2019. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] This greenfield airport will include a modern terminal building alongside a cargo terminal, with refrigeration facilities for perishable ...
The approval for the Multan-Sukkur Motorway (M-5) was granted in July 2014, [6] with an estimated cost of Rs. 200 billion (equivalent to US$2.5 billion in 2023). [7] In May 2016, the Pakistani government awarded the contract to build this section to China State Construction Engineering, [3] with the completion date being August 2019. [3]