Pakistan eying meeting of 13th JCC to kick off CPEC phase-II

Pakistan is eying the meeting of the 13th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) to kick off phase-II of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The 13th meeting of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) will be held in June or July this year in Pakistan, official source told The Nation. The source however said that no dates have yet been finalized for the 13th JCC meeting, which is more likely to be finalized during the Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s visit to Beijing.

In this regard, a review-meeting of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Joint Working Groups (CPEC-JWGs) and the 13th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) was held here Thursday. Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chaired the meeting which was attended by Secretary Ministry of Planning Awais Manzur Sumra, and other senior officials of the ministry. The minister was briefed on the preparations for the 13th JCC and the progress on projects such as Main Line-1 (ML-1), Karakoram Highway Phase-2, Karachi Circular Railway and Dera Ismail Khan-Zhob.

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