63 projects with $ 35.2 billion investment scheduled to be completed by 2030 under CPEC: Report

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: At least 63 projects with an investment of US$ 35.2 billion are scheduled to be completed by 2030 under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), said a report released by the China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Ltd. (CSAIL). The report mentioned that 27 projects worth US$ 19 billion has already been […]

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Report and forum on achievements of CPEC Power Projects unveiled

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Federal Minister for power Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan this week unveiled the report on ‘Overview of Pakistan’s power sector and its future outlook’ and forum on achievements of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Power Projects. In his keynote address, the minister highlighted CPEC’s significance and its importance for Pakistan. He stressed that iron […]

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Chinese company donates Rs 10 million to flood affectees

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Chinese multi-national technology company Vivo this week handed over Pakistani Rs 10 million to President Arif Alvi as donation for the flood affectees. Vivo Pakistan had earlier announced that it would donate Rs 10 million to the country’s flood victims in these trying times. The phone maker’s announcement on Twitter said: “Let’s […]

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Xinjiang donates relief supplies to Gilgit-Baltistan

China Economic Net Urumchi: The government of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China recently donated a patch of relief supplies worth ?1 million to Gilgit-Baltistan for tackling the flood. The relief supplies include quilt with cotton wadding, cotton-padded clothes, tents and others. A handover ceremony was held at the Khunjerab pass. These relief supplies would be […]

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China Tourism and Culture Week kicks off in Pakistan

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: China Cultural Center in Pakistan launched a series of online activities this week to celebrate the global “2022 China Tourism and Culture Week” in September. The official launching ceremony of “2022 China Tourism Culture Week” was held in Beijing on September 6. Minister of Culture and Tourism Hu Heping attended and address […]

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CPEC: Roads reopened in Dera Ismail Khan

Gwadar Pro Dera Ismail Khan: The district administration this week reopened major roads, linked with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which were affected by the devastating floods. The administration redoubled its efforts by mobilizing all relevant departments to rebuild access routes and roads which were damaged by flood and succeeded to reopen over 260 kilometers […]

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China stands solidly behind Pakistan amid floods

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: The Chinese Embassy is highly active these days to support Pakistan as the country faces destructive floods. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong held several meetings over the weekend to discuss the flood situation with the Pakistani leaders and hand over Chinese donations to the Pakistani government. The Chinese envoy held meetings […]

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Chinese Consul General in Lahore visits landmark CPEC project PTUT

Gwadar Pro Lahore: Chinese Consul General in Lahore, Zhao Shiren this week visited Punjab Tianjin University of Technology (PTUT) which is a landmark project of socio-economic cooperation under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Provincial Secretary for Industries, Commerce, Investments & Skills Development Department Ahmed Javed Qazi, PTUT Vice-Chancellor and other officers welcomed Zhao Shiren at the […]

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Chinese trainers to arrive soon for Pakistan-China Technical and Vocational Institute in Gwadar

Gwadar Pro Gwadar: Pakistan will soon receive Chinese trainers for Pakistan-China Technical and Vocational Institute in Gwadar. Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) Chairman Naseer Khan Kashani held meetings with the Shandong Institute of Commerce and Technology (SICT) on Thursday on the exchange program to introduce courses in Pakistan-China Technical and Vocational Institute. The technical and vocational […]

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NADRA to acquire 126,000 digital tablets from China for census

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Database Regulatory Authority (NADRA) has decided to purchase 126,000 digital tablets from China for the upcoming 7th Population and Household Digital Census in December 2022. The delivery of tablets started today (August 20) and will be completed in eight batches by December 11, 2022, NADRA said. Among them, the first […]

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Science popularization important objective of Pakistan’s Science Diplomacy initiative

Xinhua Islamabad: Science popularization is one of the key objectives of Pakistan’s “Science Diplomacy initiative” through which it has been actively promoting indigenous scientific-technological achievements and connecting local stakeholders with international partners, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood has said. Mahmood made the remarks here while addressing an event organized by the foreign ministry in collaboration […]

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More Pakistani vocational institutes to partner with Chinese

China Economic Net Islamabad: “The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is formulating and improving the policy for dual degree programs in Pakistan. I look forward to the first China-Pakistan dual degree program officially approved by HEC which will be launched at Karakoram International University”, said Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman of Pakistan’s HEC in a meeting with […]

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Pak-Sino coop in agriculture, food security highlighted

China Economic Net Sanya: Factors of production in agriculture of Pakistan and China can be complementary to each other, noted Rabbia Nasir, Third Secretary of the Embassy of Pakistan to China while attending the 2022 China Seed Congress and the Nanfan Agricultural Silicon Valley Forum recently. “Both countries need to strengthen cooperation in agriculture and […]

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Nancy Pelosi’s visit ‘unwarranted’ provocation: Mushahid Hussain

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Mushahid Hussain Syed, Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Senate of Pakistan, this week termed the visit of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the Taiwan region “an unnecessary and unwarranted provocation”. He made these remarks during a webinar organized by the Pakistan-China Institute and Academy of Contemporary China […]

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Pakistan reaffirms strong commitment to ‘One-China’ policy

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan this week reaffirmed its strong commitment to ‘One-China’ Policy and firmly supports China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. “Pakistan is deeply concerned over the evolving situation in the Taiwan Strait, which has serious implications for regional peace and stability,” said the Pakistani Foreign Ministry in a statement issued here. “The world is […]

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China-Pakistan to expand air routes, personnel exchanges in orderly manner

Newswire Beijing: China is willing to restore and expand air routes and personnel exchanges with Pakistan in an orderly manner, a senior Chinese official said. Last week, talking to Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Chin’s State Councilor and Foreign […]

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China ready to continue to provide help to local social development of Pakistan: Zhao Lijian

Gwadar Pro Beijing: “China is ready to continue to do its utmost to provide help to local social development and livelihood improvement”, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said this week in a regular press conference in response to a question regarding Balochistan receiving a new relief package from China against heavy rains. “I have […]

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Army chief discusses defence cooperation, CPEC with Chinese envoy

Gwadar Pro Rawalpindi: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong this week met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at GHQ in Rawalpindi. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), matters of mutual interest, defense collaboration, progress on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and regional security were discussed in […]

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Chinese, Pakistani FMs discuss bilateral ties, issues of mutual interests

Xinhua Tashkent: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here this week with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), discussing bilateral relations and issues of mutual interests. Noting that China and Pakistan are true friends […]

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China’s macro-economy resilient and promising

China Economic Net Despite Western propaganda about the so-called “weak” prospects of the Chinese economy, the Chinese economy continues to recover, and it is picking up the pace according to many regional and international research studies and published reports (2022). Unfortunately, geopolitics has staged a new game theory pertaining to US unilateral sanctions against Russia […]

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Sino techs expected to raise Pakistan tomato production

China Economic Net Xianyang: “Compared with wheat, cotton, rapeseed or beans, tomatoes require more fertilizers. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potash fertilizer are all essential. Besides, zinc, boron and other micronutrients can make it grow better. This means that farmers have to spend more to grow it. However, in recent years, the price of tomatoes in Pakistan […]

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Pakistan’s economic future hinges upon CPEC success: Shehbaz Sharif

Gwadar Pro Karachi: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said this week that Pakistan’s economic future hinges upon the success of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Addressing a passing out parade of 117th Midshipman and 25th Short Service Commission course at Pakistan Naval Academy here, the PM stressed that CPEC projects must be completed expeditiously in the national […]

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Pakistan congratulates China on successful hosting BRICS meetings

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan this week congratulated China on the successful holding of the Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) meetings. “We have noted that this year a “High-level Dialogue on Global Development” was held as a BRICS side event in which a number of developing/emerging economies were invited,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office Spokesperson […]

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Shehbaz Sharif vows to advise smooth execution of CPEC SEZs

Gwadar Pro Rashakai: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif this week said that all problems and hurdles in the smooth execution of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would be addressed on a priority basis. During his visit to Rashakai Special Economic Zone, the PM stressed that focusing on establishing SEZs across the country […]

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Senator Mushahid urges Pakistan to follow peaceful rise of China

Newswire Islamabad: Chairman Senate Defence Committee Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed this week urged Pakistan to follow the peaceful rise of China. In a key note address at an International webinar comprising experts from three continents, who called for greater cooperation and connectivity to combat common challenges like Climate Change, hunger, poverty, and the Pandemic, rejecting […]

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Pakistan invites Turkey to invest in CPEC SEZs

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan this week invited Turkey to invest in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) being built under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Chaudhary Salik Hussain, Federal Minister for Board of Investment (BOI) and Special Initiatives, and Secretary BOI Fareena Mazhar met with the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey in Istanbul, the Pakistani government […]

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China generously supporting Pakistan’s education sector: Planning Minister

Gwadar Pro Narowal: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said this week that China was generously supporting Pakistan in the education sector. Addressing the Paigham-e-Pakistan (message of Pakistan) conference here, he maintained that the government had increased the higher education budget by 68% under the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP). “We have raised […]

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