CPEC route was decided secretly, alleges Pervez Khattak

SWABI, August 25: Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pervez Khattak on Thursday said that the route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridors was selected secretly without letting know opposition parties. Talking to a groundbreaking ceremony of Swat Motorway in Swabi, KP CM said that Swat motorway is an important project in the province whereas he said that the Metro bus plan worth Rs 32 billion would soon be initiated in Peshawar with the collaboration of China. He also alleged that CPEC was hidden from the opposition parties like it was the project of government’s relatives. On the other hand, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Siraj-ul-Haq also lashed out at the government and asked the Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif to take Pervez Khattak along with him on visits.-Agencies