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PM Khan decides to resume working on CPEC projects

03-04-2020: Prime Minister Imran Khan resumes all the projects related to infrastructure and energy projects. For the resumption of all China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), he has ordered a relief package for the construction industry that will delivered on Friday. The premier also ordered the formation of a Codal Research Committee (CRC) for developing an action plan that would enable the capital and provinces to simultaneously deal with COVID-19's brunt on the country's economy. http://cpecinfo.com/pm-decides-to-resume-work-on-cpecprojects/

China publishes a timeline on contribution towards COVID19's

06-04-2020: China publishes a timeline of the shared information and advanced international assistance in the fight against coronavirus. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping, China has taken the most extensive, the sternest, and the most rigorous prevention and control measures to combat the pandemic. In their determined struggle against the coronavirus, 1.4 billion Chinese people have managed in tough times and paid an enormous price and sacrificed a lot http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-04/06/c_138951662.htm

CPEC's scope to be enhanced in 2nd phase: Pakistani official

09-04-2020: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is at an important transition with the launch of its second phase. In the second phase, Pak-China intend to launch its second phase to add additional sectors that include agriculture and tourism according to a Pakistani official. He also rejected ejecting statements of the multi-billion-dollar project slowing down because of the coronavirus. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/scope-ofcpec-to-be-enhanced-in-2nd-phase- pakistaniofficial/articleshow/75064819.cms?from=mdr

China's economy shrinks for the first time in decades

17-04-2020: The world's second-largest economy has declined as factories and...