Pakistan committed to take CPEC to new heights: Khusro Bakhtiar.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar says Pakistan is committed to take China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to new heights and the PTI Government has increased its volume and scope.

Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Friday, he said the Pakistan side will take up issues pertaining to ML-I, development of coastal areas, Gwadar Master Plan, and other aspects of CPEC cooperation during the upcoming meeting of Joint Coordination Committee of CPEC to be held on Wednesday.

Regarding ML-1, the Minister said this project is being completed at a cost of eight to nine billion dollars and it will help improve the country's railways system as well as revamp economy.

He said industrial cooperation is the future of CPEC and Pakistan and China has formed a forum of industrialists from both the countries and efforts will be made to operationalize this forum.

The Minister said Western Corridor of CPEC will be discussed in the meeting and hopefully Islamabad-Quetta link be completed in next three years.

He said special incentives for Chinese and other investors to attract foreign investment, ways and means to operationalization of Pakistan Steel Mills to meet country's steel requirements will be deliberated in the committee meeting.

He said oil and gas, mineral development, housing, tourism and new long term plan will also be discussed.

Speaking on the occasion, Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said there will be no railway crossing on...