CPEC Authority Chairman and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Lt-Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Sunday said that bidding process for a CPEC section Western Route-Zhob-Kuchlak (Quetta) road is underway.

Taking to Twitter, he said Balochistan people direly need the project that would also open the doors of socio-economic development of local people. He added as per plan Chinese funding for Dera Ismail Khan-Zhob section of CPEC western route is being processed to be incorporated in the upcoming meeting of Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of CPEC.

Islamabad-Quetta would be connected through expressway on completion of this 210 km project, Bajwa said.

Bidding process underway for Raod Zhob to Kuchlak(Quetta)-part of Western route-a dire need of Balochistan’s people. Also per plans, section DIK-Zhob being processed for JCC for Chinese funding, on completion, Isd&Qta will be connected through expressway #CPEC #cpecmakingprogress 

On July 18, Asim Saleem Bajwa had said Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway project will bring a socio-economic revolution in the interior of Sindh.

In a tweet, he said that after completion of 306-kilometer Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6), the CPEC Eastern route (Peshawar-Karachi) will also be completed. “306 KMs Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) approved in ECNEC on BOT basis will contribute to the construction boom, socio-economic revolution for interior Sindh,” he added.