Prominent journalist Shafqat Ali conferred ‘Friend in Pakistan 2022’ award

Newswire

Islamabad: Prominent Pakistani journalist Shafqat Ali has been conferred a special award “Friend in Pakistan 2022” by the Chinese Consulate General in Karachi.

Certificates of these awards have been given to Pakistani academicians, scholars and media practitioners in recognition of their services to promote deeper understanding of China.

Along with Shafqat Ali, 38 Pakistani nationals were conferred the special award by Chinese Consul General in Karachi Li Bijian.

CG Li Bijian on this occasion said that awardees were “vanguards of China-Pakistan friendship as through their diverse medium of communication and expression, they are exerting their energies to sensitize the people of Pakistan about China’s peaceful image, working style & relationship, philosophy and vision.”

In December 2020, Shafqat Ali, was presented the ‘China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Golden Anchor Award.’ The award was presented at the sixth CPEC Media Forum in Islamabad.