PESHAWAR:

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has claimed that efforts are underway to stop the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project — to serve foreign interests. He has warned that undermining CPEC will mean closing all economic avenues for Pakistan.

"International powers are interfering in Pakistan's politics and CPEC's route is being obstructed to serve foreign interests," the JUI-F chief said on Sunday while addressing his party's provincial council in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) provincial capital.

CPEC — comprising a network of road and rail links — is a part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by Beijing in 2013.

Referring to earlier grievances against Imran Khan's government, he said the current administration had also

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