close
Thursday March 28, 2024

Minister responds to CPEC master plan news

By Web Desk
May 15, 2017

BEIJING: Minister Ahsan Iqbal responded to the Dawn story published today about the Long Term Plan (LTP) of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) saying this was a study conducted by the China Development Bank (CDB) and not the master plan as reported.

Minister for Planning, Development and Reform, Ahsan Iqbal who is in China accompanying Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a high-level delegation to attend the Belt and Road Forum, tweeted the story is 'factually incorrect' and the newspaper should have taken ministry's version.

The LTP was discussed with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China yesterday, he said adding that we couldn't release the plan without final consultation with Chinese side.