ISLAMABAD: Retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa will be replaced by Khalid Mansoor as the chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPEC), the former announced on Tuesday.
Taking to Twitter, Asim Bajwa said that Khalid Mansoor would lead the authority in the future in his place and that he was “fully equipped” to do so.
“I bow my head before Allah Almighty for giving me an opportunity to raise and steer the important institution of CPEC Authority as one window for all CPEC projects, charting the future direction,” he wrote on Twitter.
“[My] work would not have been possible without full confidence and support of Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government,” he added.
The course is set for future progression of CPEC, this journey will go on. My best wishes to Kahlid Mansoor sb, who is fully equipped to take it forward. CPEC is life line for Pakistan, it will transform us into a progressive and fully developed country InshaAllah-2/2
— Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimSBajwa) August 3, 2021
“The course is set for future progression of CPEC, this journey will go on. My best wishes to Khalid Mansoor sb, who is fully equipped to take it forward.” Terming CPEC as a lifeline for Pakistan, Bajwa said it would transform ‘us into a progressive and fully developed country’.
