STORY: CPEC plays pivotal role in transforming Pakistan's economic landscape: PM
DATELINE: July 7, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:53
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister
2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister
3. various of Pakistan

STORYLINE:


Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has been playing a pivotal role in transforming Pakistan's economic landscape.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister
"We saw landscape of Pakistan transforming into one of the most growing countries not only in the region, but around the globe. The completed power plants run by coal, hydropower projects, Orange Line, road infrastructure. And this was a story of hard efforts, a story of untiring effort and commitment between the Chinese leadership and Pakistani leadership."

Sharif was speaking at a ceremony to mark a decade of the signing of CPEC on Wednesday.

Launched in 2013, the CPEC is a corridor linking the Gwadar port in southwestern Pakistan with Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which highlights energy, transport, and industrial cooperation.

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister
"I would like to thank Chinese companies, thousands and thousands of Chinese engineers and workers who came to this country to Pakistan, leaving their families behind in Beijing and in other parts of China, and who worked here for years. This has been a wonderful relationship, a wonderful journey. Let's continue with the journey."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)