STORY: CPEC facilitates, boosts regional connectivity via TIR trade
SHOOTING DATE: May 25, 2024
DATELINE: June 4, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:27
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of TIR
2. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AHMED KHAN, General manager of analytics, NLC
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NASIR ZIA, Chief operations officer, NLC

STORYLINE:

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is facilitating and boosting trade and connectivity in Pakistan and the surrounding region via the TIR system of trade.

Experts shared their thoughts with Xinhua's Ali Jaswal at a freight station at Pakistan's National Logistics Corporation (NLC).

STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter
"This trade activity under the ambit of global transit system TIR demonstrates how (the) CPEC has enhanced regional trade and connectivity while promoting the core values of the BRI - that is, shared prosperity and win-win cooperation."

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AHMED KHAN, General manager of analytics, NLC
"Along the CPEC routes, the services, the freight stations are up to international standards. We use the continuous tracking systems to monitor the service quality and the delivery times at the moment using the TIR system and the CPEC route. We are helping to reduce the transit time."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NASIR ZIA, Chief operations officer, NLC
"We have connected the CPEC with TIR. This (the TIR system of trade) has connected the central Asian states, which are landlocked or double landlocked. These states, now they are open to the world. Their resources are going to the world. Their resources are coming to Pakistan and they are connected through Gwadar, Karachi ports with the international world."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)