ISLAMABAD: A fake report has been circulating on digital media platforms claiming that China has withdrawn its engineers from the ongoing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
According to the false claims, the development is a significant blow to the CPEC initiative, as 97 Chinese engineers have decided to leave the country.
The fake report also indicates that further groups of Chinese engineers are preparing to pack up and depart in the coming days, which could leave thousands of Pakistani labourers facing unemployment.
It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan highly values the economic corridor project and is providing all kinds of security to the Chinese citizens working on the project.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar had also said that Pakistan is committed to taking CPEC to the next level to strengthen cooperation with China in diverse fields.
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He termed the CPEC as a wonderful gift of China to Pakistan. He said being the symbol of China-Pakistan cooperation, CPEC helped uplift the country’s energy infrastructure to address the load-shedding woes of the people.
Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar had stressed making a mechanism at the government-to-government and media-to-media level to counter fake news regarding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Last month Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif virtually inaugurated the newly built Gwadar International Airport as part of the multi-billion-dollar CPEC project.
Chinese PM was in Pakistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. During the visit, Pakistan and China had signed 13 key agreements aimed at enhancing bilateral cooperation across various sectors, including security, education, agriculture, human resource development, and science and technology.
