Internal Stability Is Necessary For Development, Security Situation Is Better For Investment, Institutions And Political Parties Must Work Together, Chinese Minister in Pakistan

Internal Stability Is Necessary For Development, Security Situation Is Better For Investment, Institutions And Political Parties Must Work Together, Chinese Minister

ISLAMABAD (Special Correspondent, Commerce Reporter, Special Correspondent) In the third Pakistan-China Joint Consultative Mechanism meeting on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), all political parties appeared on the same page and showed exemplary consensus. In the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani, Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Tehreek-e-Insaf Senator Syed Ali Zafar, Maulana Fazlur Rehman of JUI(F), Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui of MQM, Hina Rabbani Khar of People's Party, Manza Hassan of Stability Pakistan Party, National Senator John Muhammad, senior politician Afrasiab Khattak and other leaders of the party were present. Chinese Minister Liujian Chau said that internal stability is necessary for development, the security situation should be improved for investment, institutions and political parties should be unified. Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that CPEC is a new vision of cooperation between the two countries. Pakistan-China friendship will be strengthened from the second phase of the CPEC, Fazlur Rehman said that there is a national consensus in Pakistan on CPEC, Pakistan-China friendship is beyond our mutual differences, Senator Ali Zafar said that there is a need to speed up the projects. In his opening remarks, Deputy Prime Minister Senator Ishaq Dar said that CPEC had played an important role in the socio-economic development of Pakistan.

The agreements signed during 2018-2018 gave the two countries an opportunity to upgrade their relations to bring about the desired changes, the IDCPC invited 300 Pakistani parliamentarians to China over three years, besides providing scholarships and professional training to Pakistani youth. China will invite media people every year to better understand each other, Yusuf Raza Gilani said that all political parties are committed to CPEC as it has cooperation in health, education, information technology, and other fields. Apart from promoting the country, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said that the Parliamentary Committee on CPEC ensured the vigilant monitoring of the government and through regular reporting to the Parliament of Pakistan. Following the progress of projects under the CPEC, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that despite political differences, all political parties are in agreement regarding China and CPEC and are committed to strengthening the upgraded version. Ahsan Iqbal thanked China for adding new corridors in CPEC which are linked to the 5Zs introduced by the present government. paid and reiterated Pakistan's support on the issue of Taiwan, he also emphasized the completion of the delayed CPEC projects. Emphasizing the focus on technology and artificial intelligence. Senator Ali Zafar to speed up the CPEC projects while Chairman of Pakistan China Institute Mushahid Hussain Syed reiterated the commitment of political parties to take CPEC-2 forward.

He also proposed the establishment of a rapid response information system to deal with fake news aimed at harming CPEC and China-Pakistan relations. Khattak warned against the ambitions of hegemonic forces in the region to disrupt peace. Later, an interactive session was held in which suggestions were made by the participating leaders and the majority emphasized more focus on parliamentary exchanges to enhance public relations.