Security for CPEC projects beefed up: CPEC Authority chief

China Economic Net

Islamabad: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority chief Lt. General Asim Saleem Bajwa (retd) said on Wednesday afternoon that security for the CPEC projects had been beefed up.

“Security situation for the CPEC projects is much better now and not a single project has been stopped due to security reasons. Sixty percent fencing work with Afghanistan and Iran has been completed (to ensure security for the CPEC projects)”, he said while speaking to journalists here.

Bajwa said he was personally monitoring each and every project under CPEC and he was also streamlining the operational issues of the mega project.

“Gwadar Free Zone Phase-I is fully operational now and has so far created over 1200 jobs. The development of Gwadar port and industrial zones would have a massive impact on the local as well as national economy,” he added.

Bajwa said COVID-19 was a big challenge for the CPEC from which “we have successfully come out and now it will develop with even higher pace.”

To a question, he said there was no delay in development work of any of the projects and that the trust level of Chinese investors on the CPEC projects was increasing.

Bajwa said the unemployment rate in areas along the Western route was already much higher. “The construction of the Route will ensure more jobs for the people of the areas,” he remarked.

The CPEC Authority chief said the fishermen in Gwadar were being given special attention. “They will witness a huge increase in their incomes,” he promised.