'CPEC, apart from projects, is about Pak-China friendship'.

LAHORE -- PML-N Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed has said at a seminar on Saturday the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was not all about roads and other developmental projects but to strengthen ties between the two countries. He said the CPEC was a project of 'One Belt, One Road Initiative' involving more than 170 countries.

Due to the CPEC, Mr Syed, who is also chairman of Pakistan-China Institute, said 75,000 individuals in Pakistan had got jobs and $20 billion investment was being made. He said China sided Pakistan at that time, when no one was ready to invest in Pakistan, and made investments in Pakistan. He said the Pakistan-China Institute had so far organised eight seminars in various cities across the country.

Governor Chaudhry Sarwar said those hatching conspiracies in relations between Pakistan and China would never succeed as both countries had rock solid friendship. He said China sided with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue and at all forums, including FATF. He said Pakistan Army's sacrifices in the war against terrorism were unprecedented in the world. He said the Kashmir issue must be resolved in accordance with the United Nations resolutions to...