Skip to content
Search

Latest Stories

Pakistan attracts more investment from China under CPEC

Pakistan attracts more investment from China under CPEC

THE China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will attract more investment in Pakistan from China, an official from Pakistan said.

Beijing has so far invested $13 billion (€ 10bn) in various sectors, while investment worth $12bn (€9bn) is in the pipeline.


CPEC Authority chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa on Tuesday (25) said more economic zones were being established under the CPEC, which would bring more investment in Pakistan.

On Tuesday he visited Challenge Textile Factory, set up with Chinese investment of $150 million.

He said the Chinese group had set up a factory of international standards and was also establishing a Fashion Export Park in Pakistan which would employ thousands of Pakistanis.

He added that the government would announce that visas for Chinese investors would be extended from three months to two years.

CPEC is intended to upgrade Pakistan's infrastructure and strengthen its economy by construction of modern transportation networks, energy projects and special economic zones.

More For You

rishi-sunak-ai

FILE PHOTO: Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

(Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

AI is already squeezing jobs for young workers, warns Rishi Sunak

  • Rishi Sunak says AI is already reducing entry-level job opportunities for young people
  • Business leaders privately telling him firms can grow without taking on more staff
  • He calls for National Insurance to be scrapped and replaced with taxes on company profits
  • Sunak, now an adviser to Anthropic and Microsoft, warns AI's jobs impact "may be different to previous technology cycles"

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is already making it harder for young people to find work, former prime minister Rishi Sunak has warned, adding that the government needs to act now to stop the problem getting worse.

Speaking to BBC Newsnight, Sunak said chief executives had been telling him privately that they were confident they could keep expanding their businesses without meaningfully growing their workforces.

Keep ReadingShow less