CPEC projects a milestone for AJK and Pakistan: AJK PM

Mirpur: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi has said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects were a milestone for the development and prosperity of the state besides rest of Pakistan.

He was speaking here to a delegation of the Pakistani Parliamentary Committee on CPEC.

The AJK PM mentioned that a comprehensive development strategy was being launched for the socio-economic well-being of the people of the state according to the vision of Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan.

Niazi maintained that the Mansehra-Muzaffarabad-Mangla-Mirpur Expressway project would serve as a game changer and with the completion of the project, all the districts of AJK would be connected by a short route and it would be the shortest highway connecting this part of the country.

He observed that the construction of the Eastern Highway through the Rato Shunter Tunnel would also be the shortest route for Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab to reach Gilgit-Baltistan and would connect Neelam District with Gilgit-Baltistan via a short route.

The AJK Prime Minister remarked that his government had taken solid steps for the development and prosperity of the people.

Members of National Assembly Sher Ali Abid, Nafisa Inayatullah Khan Khattak, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for CPEC Khalid Mansoor Khan, Chief Secretary Azad Kashmir Shakeel Qadir Khan, Secretary CPEC Committee Saeed Ahmed Mitala. Additional Chief Secretary Development Dr Sajid Mehmood Chauhan, Secretary to PM Azad Kashmir Zafar Mehmood Khan, Secretary Communications Ghulam Bashir Mughal, Secretary Energy and Water Resources Chaudhry Muhammad Tayyab and others also participated in the meeting.