CPEC projects on radar as Khan heads to China
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will head to China on Monday for his third official visit in order to discuss issues of regional and bilateral importance with the Chinese leadership, Pakistani media reported
During his visit, Khan is scheduled to separately meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, a Dawn news report said
Khan will discuss expansion of projects under the China-pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and cooperation in the agriculture, industrial and socio-economic sectors.
Last week, Khan said that the removal of all bottlenecks in CPEC projects and their timely completion was the top priority of the government.
During the premier’s visit, the two sides will discuss the “immediate implementation” of the second phase of the China-pakistan free trade agreement (FTA), Dawn reported.
MBS ‘SNUBBED’ PAK PM, CLAIMS REPORT
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, popularly known as MBS, was so upset by some actions of Khan in New York that he reportedly “snubbed” him by ordering his private jet to “disembowel” the Pakistani delegation.
MBS had given Khan his jet to travel to the US and to attend the UN General Assembly in New York last month.
It was reported that the special jet developed a “technical glitch” as Khan was returning to Islamabad from New York on September 28, forcing the Pakistan prime minister and his delegation to return to New York and then take a commercial flight back to Pakistan.
However, according to a controversial report in the weekly newspaper Friday Times, the Saudi crown prince recalled the plane as he was unhappy with some of Khan’s actions.