ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail on Thursday stated that he hopes the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project will continue at a similar speed under the next government.
He said that Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s government had successfully completed the early projects of the corridor, while some were in the final stages.
It was made clear by the finance minister that the current ruling party did work on the mega project for the greater national interest and not for political reasons.
He added that the Pakistan’s growth rate jumped from 3 percent in 2013 to 5.8 percent this year and hopefully it will increase to 6.2 percent in the year to come.
He said that the power shortage issue has been resolved to some extent after addition of 10,000 MW to the national grid, while projects of 25,000 MW of additional electricity were in the pipeline, which would be completed within the next 5 years.
Furthermore, he added, “Our exports are increasing at a much faster pace and Pakistan had now become the world’s 8th fastest export growing country in the world.”
