Pakistan and China would jointly carry out capacity building training courses during 2015-17 based on the mutually identified capacity gaps, especially those relating to the Pak-China Economic Corridor (PCEC) projects, it is learnt. According to the sources, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved the proposal for negotiating a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard.

They said that under the direction of the PM, a draft of the proposed MoU was placed before the cabinet for ex-post facto approval and the cabinet has approved the same. The sources said, the MoU was signed on the capacity building under Pak-China Economic Corridor (PCEC) between China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Pakistan’s Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms.

They said that main objective of the MoU is to jointly organise capacity building training courses in Pakistan and China during 2015-17 based on mutually identified capacity gaps, especially those relating to the CPEC projects. They also agreed on the future roadmap for various projects.

By Naveed Butt, Published on February 08, 2015 on Business Recorder