Pakistan PM lauds CPEC's positive role

Country will also learn from China on poverty alleviation, Khan says

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan has shown its full support and a firm commitment to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or the CPEC, vowing to utilize the project for poverty alleviation and development.

In the victory speech after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party won the July 25 general election, Khan described the CPEC as one of the best models to bring people out of poverty and assured the nation that the PTI would take it as an opportunity for development.