Islamabad, April 23 : Pakistan’s new Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has soon after taking charge called for removing all the problems being faced by the Chinese investors and contractors working on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) including swift processing of their visa cases, Dawn reported on Saturday. Iqbal visited the CPEC Authority offices, and later directed the authorities concerned to prepare a structure so that the CPECA could be wound up and integrated into the Ministry of Planning and Development because it was creating conflict and confusion regarding rules of business of the various ministries. Iqbal said that the CPECA was dysfunctional and was in conflict with the role of line ministries. Under the rules of business, ministries had the basic roles in the implementation of policies and projects under the CPEC but a parallel organisation only created duplication of work and lack of ownership. On the reports that the CPECA’s chairmanship had been given to newly sworn in federal minister Chaudhry Salik Hussain of PML-Q, Iqbal said he was not aware of any such move and called it illogical to have a parallel set up. ACL1109