'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is hailed as an economic game changer', says Ambassador of Pakistan during his meeting with MUP students

Mr Ambassador underlined the strategic position of Pakistan and explained the importance of infrastructure projects currently being developed on the territory of Pakistan, including numerous railways, motorways, bridges, tunnels, dams, or airports.  Most of these projects are being conducted within the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as one the branches of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China. For example, the 59 billion USD project which is envisaged to link Pakistan's Gwadar port with China's Xinjiang province should bring China a direct access to western Indian Ocean while providing an opportunity for Pakistan to become a logistic hub for Central and Western Asia and for Western China. Mr Ambassador also stressed the importance of new IT and financial strategies of Pakistan which should further enhance deeper integration of the country into global architecture. The lecture hopefully helped students to realize the fast changes that many Asian countries are going through, and why this region is considered as rising economic power in the world.