{"id":63198,"date":"2020-03-25T12:13:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T07:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63198"},"modified":"2020-03-25T12:13:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T07:13:31","slug":"pm-timely-completion-cpec-projects-avert-cost-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-timely-completion-cpec-projects-avert-cost-escalation.html","title":{"rendered":"PM for timely completion of CPEC projects to avert cost escalation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Tuesday endorsed the timely completion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects to avert cost escalation, a news source reported. As per the publication, Khan presided over a review meeting in which various energy projects under CPEC were discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/saudi-company-invest-usd-4-bn-balochistans-energy-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Saudi company to invest USD 4 bn in Balochistan\u2019s energy sector (opens in a new tab)\">Saudi company to invest USD 4 bn in Balochistan\u2019s energy sector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime minister emphasised that the projects were essential to the progress and development of the country \u2013 especially the economy as such projects provide additional jobs opportunities. The meeting reviewed various projects, including the Karot hydropower project, power projects in Thar, Gwadar power project, and Azad Patan and Kohala hydropower projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistan-prepares-three-tier-campaign-ban-plastic-use.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Balochistan prepares three-tier campaign to ban plastic use (opens in a new tab)\"> <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistan-prepares-three-tier-campaign-ban-plastic-use.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Balochistan prepares three-tier campaign to ban plastic use (opens in a new tab)\">Balochistan prepares three-tier campaign to ban plastic use<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CPEC Authority Chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa, while informing the meeting about the CPEC projects, said that nine out of the total 22 energy projects had already been initiated. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-shares-details-funds-issued-cpec-projects-under-psdp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The government has released (opens in a new tab)\">The government has released<\/a> PKR 12.13 billion out of PKR 18 billion for various CPEC projects, including the said energy projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ssgcs-total-received-funds-supply-gas-40-balochistan-villages-notified.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SSGC\u2019s total received funds to supply gas to 40 Balochistan villages notified (opens in a new tab)\">SSGC\u2019s total received funds to supply gas to 40 Balochistan villages notified<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other senior officials including\nPlanning Minister Asad Umer, Special Assistant to PM for Petroleum Nadeem\nBabar, and Minister for Power Omar Ayub attended the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Tuesday endorsed the timely completion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects to avert cost escalation, a news source reported. As per the publication, Khan presided over a review meeting in which various energy projects under CPEC were discussed. Read: Saudi company to invest USD 4 bn in Balochistan\u2019s energy sector The prime minister emphasised that the projects were essential to the progress and development of the country \u2013 especially the economy as such projects provide additional jobs opportunities. The meeting reviewed various projects, including the Karot hydropower project, power projects in Thar, Gwadar power project, and Azad Patan and Kohala hydropower projects. Read: Balochistan prepares three-tier campaign to ban plastic use CPEC Authority Chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa, while informing the meeting about the CPEC projects, said that nine out of the total 22 energy projects had already been initiated. The government has released PKR 12.13 billion out of PKR 18 billion for various CPEC projects, including the said energy projects. Read: SSGC\u2019s total received funds to supply gas to 40 Balochistan villages notified Other senior officials including Planning Minister Asad Umer, Special Assistant to PM for Petroleum Nadeem Babar, and Minister for Power&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":61667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15013,20385],"tags":[24105,22096,24106,24104,24102,24103,21895],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-construction","9":"category-development-projects","10":"tag-azad-patan-and-kohala-hydropower-projects","11":"tag-china-pakistan-economic-corridor-cpec","12":"tag-cpec-authority-chairman-asim-saleem-bajwa","13":"tag-gwadar-power-project","14":"tag-karot-hydropower-project","15":"tag-power-projects-in-thar","16":"tag-prime-minister-pm-imran-khan","17":"cat-15012-id","18":"cat-15013-id","19":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM for timely completion of CPEC to avert cost escalation - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Tuesday endorsed the timely completion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-timely-completion-cpec-projects-avert-cost-escalation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM for timely completion of CPEC to avert cost escalation - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Tuesday endorsed the timely completion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-timely-completion-cpec-projects-avert-cost-escalation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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