The Chairman China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority, Asim Saleem Bajwa says the country has started reaping the benefits of projects being carried out under CPEC.

Talking to a private news channel, he said with the start of second phase of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, its benefits have started pouring in with jobs creation for the locals.

The Chairman CPEC Authority said a number of infrastructure projects have already been completed while two important projects on the Western alignment of CPEC, Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan and Basima-Khuzdar Motorways would be completed during the current year.

He said that work on all other sections of the Western Route such as D. I. Khan to Zhob, Zhob to Quetta, Quetta to Khuzdar, Khuzdar to Awaran and Hoshab have already been started, which would be completed soon.