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1 China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Data Base News Clippings Compiled by Syeda Kiran Muzaffar (URC Interns, 2017) Urban Resource Centre A-2/2, 2nd Floor, Westland Trade Centre, Commercial Area, Shaheed-e-Millat Road, near Baloch Colony flyover, Block 7 & 8 Karachi Pakistan, Tel: ; urc@cyber.net.pk, Website: Fb:

2 China Pakistan Economic Corridor Serial 1 Newspaper Date Reporter 2 Dawn 2017 CPEC a regional opportunity 14/3/2017 N/A COAS vows to meet CPEC projects' security challenges 12/3/17 3 Dawn CPEC: Hopes and fears as China comes to Gwadar 9/3/17 4 Dawn CPEC enclaves 9/3/17 5 News CM approves framework for CPEC industrial cooperation Baqar Sajjad Syed Maqbool Ahmed Khurram Hussain 8/3/17 N/A regional- opportunity/ CM- approves- framework- for- CPEC- industrial- cooperation

3 China Pakistan Economic Corridor Serial 1 Newspape r 2 News 3 News Caption Date Reporter 2016 CPEC: from knowledge to connectivity 30/12/2016 CM leaves for China for inclusion of KCR, other projects in CPEC Chinese delegation assures CM of projects' inclusion in CPEC Dr Pervez Tahir 28/12/2016 N/A 24/12/2016 N/A 4 News Gwadar, the CPEC and Hambatota 22/12/2016 Malik Mohomma d Ashraf knowledge- connectivity/ - CM- leaves- for- China- for- inclusion- of- KCR- other- projects- in- CPEC - Chinese- delegation- assures- CM- of- projects- inclusion- in- CPEC - Gwadar- the- CPEC- and- Hambatota 5 Dawn KCR, Keti Bunder port projects included in CPEC 20/12/2016 Syed Irfan Raza CPEC challenge and opportunity 2/12/16 Making CPEC a game changer 25/11/2016 Talat Masood Durdana Najam challenge- opportunity/ ng- cpec- game- changer/ 8 Dawn Has CPEC now kicked off? 17/11/2016 Khurram Hussain

4 9 Dawn CPEC Controversies 17/11/2016 N/A 10 News One game CPEC is not changing 15/11/2016 Ayaz Amir - One- game- CPEC- is- not- changing 11 Dawn A flurry of economic discourse 31/10/ Dawn ADB refuses to fund mega dam project 27/10/ Dawn Coal power plants: a potential change 24/10/ Dawn IMF s mixed CPEC ranking 17/10/2016 Dilawar Hussain Prosperity or plunder? Extracting realities of mining industry 30/9/2016 N/A case of unutilized funds 22/8/2016 N/A N/A Infrastructure development as social justice 7/8/16 Ahsan Iqbal 18 Dawn Infrastructure development as social justice 27/6/2016 Nasir Jamal N/A perity- plunder- extracting- realities- mining- industry/ structure- development- social- justice/ 19 News Qaim seeks ADB assistance in launching new development projects 18/6/2016 N/A - Qaim- seeks- ADB- assistance- in- launching- new- development- projects

5 20 Dawn Growth Without developement 1/6/ Development budget next year could be less than Rs645b 17/3/2016 Saleem Raza Shahbaz Rana External debt may swell to $70 billion by year- end 27/1/2016 N/A Economic prospects for /1/16 N/A orytext=01_06_2016_001_ development- budget- next- year- could- be- less- than- rs645b/ nal- debt- may- swell- to- 70- billion- by- year- end/ omic- prospects- for- 2016/ 24 Dawn Economy in /1/16 N/A

6 Serial Newspape r China Pakistan Economic Corridor Caption Date Reporter Dawn Time to say goodbye to IMF? 19/11/ News Planning Commission and the PML- N 23/10/ federal PSDP 22/6/2015 Rashid Amjad Dr Parvez Tahir Hafiz A Pasha 4 News Budget Speech /6/15 N/A N/A ing- commission- and- the- pml- n/ federal- psdp/ 5 News Rs20.3 bn for CPEC western route projects 6/6/15 N/A rs20.3- bn- for- cpec- western- route- projects 6 News Budget /6/15 N/A N/A 7 Budget 2016: More of the same 6/6/15 N/A et more- of- the- same/ 8 Rs700b set aside for development projects 6/6/15 N/A 9 Dawn $28bn accords for fast- track projects 21/4/ b- set- aside- for- development- projects/

7 Serial China Pakistan Economic Corridor Newspaper Date Reporter Dawn China pledges $42 billion investment 9/22/14 N/A N/A

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