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Pakistani Senator Mushahid Hussain to lead Parliamentary Committee on CPEC

Xinhua, September 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

A senior Pakistani political leader, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, was on Tuesday elected chairman of the newly-formed Parliamentary Committee on China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had formed the committee to monitor and speed up work on the multi-billion CPEC projects.

Mushahid Hussain, a senior leader of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) was elected unopposed in the first meeting of the committee held in Islamabad as the treasury and the opposition lawmakers supported him.

After being elected as chairman, Mushahid Hussain thanked both the government and the opposition for supporting his election and said this consensus was a positive sign as the CPEC is also above party and provincial lines.

Fifteen members of the committee, representing both the National Assembly and the Senate, attended the meeting.

Mushahid Hussain said that the CPEC was the biggest national project since the nuclear programme as this was a programme which protects and promotes Pakistan's economic security, unites the federation through progress and prosperity of all the provinces of Pakistan, particularly the under-developed regions.

He said that this was a long-term national project beyond any political party or government and this committee would be a committee of national unity and would be a voice of the smaller provinces in promoting the CPEC, whose benefits will reach every nook and corner of Pakistan, a statement from his office said.

Mushahid Hussain said that he would call the next meeting of the committee to decide the terms of reference as well as the work plan of the committee so that it would provide oversight, guidance and serve as a force-multiplier for the building of the CPEC. Enditem