He claimed that the work on CPEC was started during previous tenure of the PPP and the party is desirous to see the CPEC gets completed on time without facing any impediment.

PPP would extend full cooperation to the incumbent federal government but would be compelled to protest in case the federal government ignores the smaller provinces, said Zardari, adding that the party would, however, not drag the CPEC into politics and would also oppose any effort to politicize it.

Zardari said that others are in haste to take credit of the CPEC but it was PPP that pioneered work on it. The CPEC is so vital that almost 500 Chinese citizens have completed their PhD on Pakistan and they are now fluent speakers of Urdu.

He said that Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto had obtained K-2 from China and he had visited China soon after he had sworn in as President. Benazir Bhutto had added power projects for 50, 000 mega watts but her government was toppled despite the fact that she had a vast plan for the development in Pakistan.

In his short stay at the meeting, Bilawal asked the provincial government to take steps for learning of Chinese language. --NNI