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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) vision and mission are to improve the people's living standards of Pakistan and China through bilateral investments, trade, cultural exchanges, and economic activities. To achieve this envisioned dream, Pakistan established the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPECA) to further its completion, but Covid-19 slowed it down. This situation compelled the digitalization of CPEC. This article reviews the best practices and success stories of various digitalization and e-governance programs and, in this light, advises the implementation of the Ajman Digital Governance (ADG) model as a theoretical framework for CPEC digitalization. This article concludes that the Pakistani government needs to transform CPEC digitalization by setting up the CPEC Digitalization and Transformation Center (DTC) at the CPECA office to attract more investors and businesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over reliance on fossil fuels to meet the ever increasing energy demands has adversely affected the economy and environment of Pakistan. The transportation sector is the major consumer of these imported petroleum products. Among these petroleum products, high speed diesel and gasoline are the most consumed. Bio-fuels, produced from indigenous biomass, can surmount the twofold problem of deteriorating environment and sustainable supply of energy resource. As an agricultural country, Pakistan prodigiously produces biomass (e.g. animal dung, molasses and bagasse) which can replace natural gas, gasoline and electricity conventionally produced from fossil fuels. However, an alternative to high speed diesel has not been identified yet. This review paper is focused on developing a strategy for identifying potential biodiesel feed-stocks suitable for Pakistan and their contribution towards "the solution" of sustainable energy and environment. The selection parameters for feedstock, land, irrigation, oil yield, composition and maturation duration are discussed in detail. Based on agro-climatic conditions of the Pakistan, castor and jatropha cultivated on water scarce lands are lucrative feed stocks for bio-diesel. Moreover, by-products of both these feed stocks like seed cake and glycerine are explored for production of gaseous fuel such as bio-gas or hydrogen, electricity generation and animal meal production which can render biodiesel economically viable. An integrated approach for biodiesel production associated with by-products utilization has been proposed. Image 10634 • Latest trends of fossil and renewable energy mix in Pakistan has been discussed. • Availability of land in accordance with agro-climatic conditions is evaluated. • Crop and oil yields are significantly affected by soil fertility and rain per year. • Co-cultivation with castor for short term and jatropha for longer term is suggested. • A strategy integrating biodiesel production and by-products utilization is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]