All parties have accord on CPEC; it will bring progress in country: Mushahid Hussain.

ISLAMABAD -- Chairman senate standing committee for Interior Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed has said that all parties have accord on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), saying that it will bring progress in the country. Ambassador of China to Pakistan Yao Jing said that China will help Pakistan in every difficulty, saying that mutual relations of both the countries will further strengthen with CPEC.

Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, Ambassador of China to Pakistan Yao Jing, former diplomat Syed Hassan Javaid, President Strategic Vision Institute (SVI) Dr Zafar Iqbal Cheema, Dr Shabana Fiyaz, Lt. general (retd) Khalid Naeem Lodhi and others addressed at a book launching ceremony in Islamabad on Wednesday, the book on CPEC titled 'CPEC-A precursor to regional economic growth and stability' was written by Strategic Vision Institute.

Mushahid Hussain Syed said that CPEC has helped Pakistan becoming hub of regional connectivity and after completion of the mega project, the country would set on the path of rapid development.

He said the US has poured over $600 billion in Iraq, Libya and other wars; however China remained focused on infrastructural development of the region.

'The project of CPEC is the ample proof of friendly ties and harmony between the two countries,' he said adding that after launch of the project, Pakistan's infrastructure and energy sector became more strengthened.

Mushahid said once the whole project is completed, Russia and all Central Asian states would mostly rely on Gwadar port to execute their international trade

He said that China helped Pakistan in every difficult time. He said that when Pakistan was prey to terrorism in 2013 and even no Muslim country was ready for investment in Pakistan, China, at that time, launched CPEC like project in Pakistan.

He said that industrial zones will be set up in the next phase of CPEC which will bring further progress, saying that the term of new cold war is being used with...