Pakistan is seeking Solar investments,deeper integration with China on CPEC,PM Kakar

Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar at a conference in Beijing today, invited China to invest in solar parks in Pakistan and expressed his government’s desire to learn from Chinese models of building industrial parks and special economic zones.

Kakar said investments in solar parks would benefit both Pakistan’s endeavours towards climate action and its efforts to reduce the energy import bill.

He emphasized on China and Pakistan’s time-tested relationship based on shared interests and mutual interests. “Despite international politics, our friendship has remained steadfast.”

There is no bilateral relationship more important for Pakistan than its friendship with China, asserted the interim PM.

“For Pakistan, CPEC is a transformative project central to advancing our national agenda to sustainable development,” the prime minister continued, adding that the geoeconomic landscape of the country — from Gilgit-Baltistan to the deep sea ports of Karachi and Gwadar — was transformed in the last few years due to CPEC, the Prime Minister added.

The next phase of CPEC should seek a deeper integration of “our economies with a focus on diversification and innovation,” opined Kakar.

The interim premier apprised that since Chinese Xi Jinping’s last visit to the country, Pakistan has added “800kms of roads and motorways into our network injecting more than 8,000MW of energy and generating more than 2,000 new jobs for our people”.