{"id":60952,"date":"2020-02-04T07:19:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T07:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60952"},"modified":"2020-02-04T07:42:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T07:42:47","slug":"bahawalpur-bcci-cpec-highways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bahawalpur-bcci-cpec-highways.html","title":{"rendered":"BCCI demands Bahawalpur be linked with CPEC highways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry\u2019s (BCCI) President Chaudhry Javed Iqbal recently stated that the federal government must construct link roads between the city and the major highways of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according to a news source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/development-schemes-bahawalpur-other-cities-approved.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Development schemes for Bahawalpur, other cities approved  (opens in a new tab)\">Development schemes for Bahawalpur, other cities approved <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iqbal further expressed his\nconcerns about the long distances between Bahawalpur and CPEC\u2019s Multan-Sukkur (M-5)\nMotorway. He stated that if the city was kept away from this major highway,\ntrade and business activities in the area would slow down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presently, a part of this motorway passes by Uch Sharif, which is 70 kilometres from Bahawalpur. This has led many of the city\u2019s leading investors and industrialists to express their reservations about the current state of affairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-summons-report-bahawalpur-lal-suhanra-park.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"LHC summons report on Bahawalpur\u2019s Lal Suhanra Park (opens in a new tab)\">LHC summons report on Bahawalpur\u2019s Lal Suhanra Park<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioner Asif Iqbal Chaudhry submitted a proposal to the provincial government for linking Bahawalpur to M-5 via East Jhagra; 31 kilometres away from the city. This will put the city on the CPEC route, and enhance its trade and business activities. In addition, the BCCI also talked about the development of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foundation-stone-for-bahawalpur-industrial-estate-to-be-laid-in-january-2018.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"industrial estate (opens in a new tab)\">industrial estate<\/a> for new investors in the city. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry\u2019s (BCCI) President Chaudhry Javed Iqbal recently stated that the federal government must construct link roads between the city and the major highways of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according to a news source. Read: Development schemes for Bahawalpur, other cities approved Iqbal further expressed his concerns about the long distances between Bahawalpur and CPEC\u2019s Multan-Sukkur (M-5) Motorway. He stated that if the city was kept away from this major highway, trade and business activities in the area would slow down. Presently, a part of this motorway passes by Uch Sharif, which is 70 kilometres from Bahawalpur. This has led many of the city\u2019s leading investors and industrialists to express their reservations about the current state of affairs. Read: LHC summons report on Bahawalpur\u2019s Lal Suhanra Park Commissioner Asif Iqbal Chaudhry submitted a proposal to the provincial government for linking Bahawalpur to M-5 via East Jhagra; 31 kilometres away from the city. This will put the city on the CPEC route, and enhance its trade and business activities. In addition, the BCCI also talked about the development of an industrial estate for new investors in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":60958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15153],"tags":[616,17777,3886,12781,6812,17778],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-trade","9":"tag-bahawalpur","10":"tag-bcci","11":"tag-cpec","12":"tag-m-5","13":"tag-motorways","14":"tag-multan-sukkur-motorway","15":"cat-15016-id","16":"cat-15153-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bahawalpur must be linked to CPEC Highways: BCCI - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bahawalpur&#039;s businessmen want the city to be linked with the major CPEC highways so that trade and business here can prosper! 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