{"id":16181,"date":"2023-10-20T17:13:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/cpec-generates-236000-jobs-in-pakistan-daily-times\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:13:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:13:07","slug":"cpec-generates-236000-jobs-in-pakistan-daily-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/cpec-generates-236000-jobs-in-pakistan-daily-times\/","title":{"rendered":"CPEC generates 236,000 jobs in Pakistan – Daily Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Data from the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan shows that till the end of 2022, CPEC has generated a total of 236,000 jobs in Pakistan, China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n

It has been a decade since China unveiled the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Ten years on, what has the mega project brought to the people of the countries along the BRI route, and what can we expect from BRI in the days to come?<\/p>\n

Pakistanis working on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a massive project under BRI to capitalize on Pakistan\u2019s geographical importance and improve Pakistan\u2019s socio-economic conditions, shared their views.<\/p>\n

Pakistan is a country facing a severe power shortage. According to Ktrade Research, the percentage of the population in Pakistan that has access to electricity in 18 years increased by only 1.1 ppts.<\/p>\n

However, 9,740MW in capacity created by CPEC had fueled the number rose by 3.8 ppts in just 4 years.<\/p>\n

CPEC power plants are providing cheaper electricity by utilizing coal reserves, which reduced Pakistan\u2019s oil and gas bill burden.<\/p>\n

Inside the Thar Block-1 Integrated Coal Mine Power Project, an open-pit coal mine with an annual lignite output of 7.8 million tons and a total capacity of 1,320MW, is providing the most cost-effective energy to millions of Pakistani households.<\/p>\n

Gul Hassan, a mining engineer with Sino Sindh Resources (Pvt.) Ltd. (SSRL), told China Economic Net (CEN), \u201cThe Thar Block-1 project has been instrumental in transforming the lives of people in Thar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, renewable energy projects of water, wind, etc. under CPEC are also optimizing the country\u2019s energy structure.<\/p>\n

Peerzada Zain ul Abideen, O&M manager of PowerChina HDEC Engineering Company Limited Pakistan, proudly said that the 12 projects in Jhimpir of his company have generated 1888.29 GWh of electricity so far.<\/p>\n

In Gharo, Sindh, Muhammad Saleem Munshi, Chief Financial Officer of Hydrochina Dawood Power (Pvt) Limited told CEN that the wind speed in the area is up to 7 meters per second. If properly developed, it can meet 5%-10% of the nation\u2019s power demand. Data from the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan shows that till the end of 2022, CPEC has generated a total of 236,000 jobs in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Azim ul Haq is a HSE Engineer working at the 1263MW Punjab Power Plant in Jhang to ensure the project personnel\u2019s safety and health standards are met. \u201cEarnings from this job provide comfortable living for my families.<\/p>\n

Although living away from family and my newborn daughter is difficult, given that the power project\u2019s location is far from my home town, the company provides me with all kinds of benefits and allows me to take vacations as needed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLocals find learning and working opportunities here. Most of the engineers, managers, and workers are from nearby areas\u201d, Peerzada Zain ul Abideen said, adding, \u201cI myself have also been offered a job that my family and friends are proud of and a good salary\u201d.<\/p>\n

Muhammad Waqas, Director Finance of the UEP 100MW wind farm in Jhimpir said the most worthwhile thing he ever did was to choose wind power as his career while he also holds certificates in computer programming, teaching, and accountant. \u201cI can learn state-of-the-art technologies of one of the most promising sectors.<\/p>\n

Chinese brothers are transferring the advanced mechanism to Pakistan\u201d, he said, adding, \u201cBefore the pandemic, I went to China every year to learn about power-related technologies and business know-how\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mir Arslan Ali, Assistant Duty Officer of the Control and Protection Department, Matiari to Lahore \u00b1660kV HVDC Transmission Line project, is training junior engineers to grasp the state-of-the-art power transmission technology from China. [Photo provided to CEN]<\/p>\n

With total funds of $25 bn that have been invested in energy, IT, transport, etc. under CPEC so far, local social and economic conditions are being greatly improved.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the start of construction, the project has actively contributed to the local construction of Thar, and its development is changing with each passing day,\u201d Mazhar Ali Khan said. \u201cI believe that the Thar Project will bring more vitality to the local social and economic development after its commercial operation date.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Gharo, Sindh, due to the 49.5 MW Dawood Wind Power Project, a closed school in a nearby village with about 600 families living in it can reopen and provide education to children. \u201cWe were surprised to find that the deserted school was used as a poultry storage house,\u201d Muhammad Saleem Munshi said.<\/p>\n

They reconstructed and renovated the school to let more children get an education.<\/p>\n

Breakthroughs in industrial cooperation have also been achieved. Samee Ullah told CEN that with the completion of Rashakai SEZ Phase 1, the main tasks will be to make standard procedures, rules and regulations for enterprises.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo achieve the above goals, we have to go through a lot of technical, commercial and legal procedures which may take some time, but we are pretty much hopeful and determined for this.<\/p>\n

Right now, several enterprises entered into zone and are performing their own construction in the SEZ. So, this is just beginning!\u201d he exclaimed.<\/p>\n

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Data from the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan shows that till the end of 2022, CPEC has generated a total of 236,000 jobs in Pakistan, China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Thursday. It has been a decade since China unveiled the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Ten years on, what has the mega project brought to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dailytimes.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/08\/24\/CPEC.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}