Deputy prime minister Ishaq Dar and Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC) Liu Jianchao co-chaired Pakistan-China Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM) of political parties on CPEC in Islamabad. Mr. Liu, also member of the Communist Party Central Committee, is on three-day visit to Pakistan.
The meeting witnessed a rare consensus of Pakistan’s political parties. Liu Jianchao called for internal stability, saying it was vital for Pakistan progress.
JCM of political parties was established in 2019. It holds regular meetings for consultations among political leadership of both the countries. Beijing hosted the meetings of the JCM in 2019 and 2020 twice.
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Science and Technology Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Senate Chairman Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, PPP’s Hina Rabbani, PTI Senator Ali Zafar, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Fazlur Rehman, JI representative Asif Luqman Qazi ans others attended the meeting on Friday.
The leaders showed their full support to bilateral relations between the two neighbours, terming China-Pakistan Economic Corridor a key for development of Pakistan. They said the conspiracies against the CPEC would never succeed.