Lahore - Asif Majeed has been awarded the medal of “Outstanding Pakistani Employee” of CPEC. Asif, technical manager of the land acquisition and immigration department of Kohala Hydro-power project, has been working at the company for 4 years.
On receiving medal Asif said, “It’s been a great honour to receive the award, which is not only an acknowledgement of my work but also that of the whole construction team. While I appreciate the recognition by the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, I’m grateful to China Three Gorges Corporation for their cultivation and proud to be part of the team. I will continue my devotion to work and have better performance.”
He said: “I feel proud and excited to have worked at CPEC projects as I can witness, right on the front-line, the changes and development of my hometown and my country brought about by these projects. The work I’m responsible for, land acquisition and immigration, is arduous and complicated, and when it comes to the site work it is even more challenging, but it’s also a crucial part of the whole project that lays the ground for following constructions. Besides, I have learned both technical skills and Chinese culture in this process while working with my Chinese colleagues who are wise and diligent, dedicated to work with professionalism.”
The Kohala Hydropower Project is built on Jhelum River in AJK, northeast region of Pakistan. With a total investment of $2.4 billion, it is hitherto the largest privately-operated hydropower project in Pakistan funded by China. In 2014, it was listed as the “actively promote project” in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Under the Belt and Road Initiative, China Three Gorges Corporation has invested six projects in Pakistan, registering an amount of $6 billion. The year 2018 is memorable to Asif when he was assigned to the headquarters of China Three Gorges Corporation for 15-day training on enterprise culture and technical skills.
Asif said when COVID-19 broke out in Pakistan in February last year and the situation was severe, the Chinese government, China Three Gorges Corporation and other Chinese organisations supported Pakistan. “China’s care and support for Pakistan has proven that China-Pakistan friendship is higher than mountains, deeper than the sea and sweeter than honey,” he said.