Shehryar Afridi says China, Pakistan set a new model of friendship, good neighbourly ties

BEIJING – China’s People’s Liberation Army dispatched its aircraft to transport a 10-member medical expert team and epidemic prevention materials to Pakistan to join the country’s efforts to battle the Covid-19 epidemic. The shipment arrived in Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Saturday where an exceptional and warm welcome was accorded to the Chinese military delegation. “2nd sortie of medical emergency relief …

Gwadar Pro ISLAMABAD – Opportunities grow for Pakistan in spurring the development of science and technology as China tops the international patent applications filed with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2019 while the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) second phase will put a high premium on technological cooperation. The technology spillover suggests that among multiple ways to boosting the evolvement …

BEIJING: China has warned the United States of America (US) against stigmatization campaign aimed in the name of Coronavirus pandemic, with its foreign ministry saying that Stigmatization of China will not benefit the US. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said that smearing campaign against China would not help the US save from Coronavirus as he urged the people of the …

BEIJING: China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and assured that China would continue to provide all possible support to help Pakistan overcome the Covid-19 epidemic as soon as possible. “We will continue to provide all possible support according to the needs of Pakistan to help Pakistan overcome the …

BEIJING: China has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials, said an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on Tuesday. An adenovirus vector vaccine, developed by a research team led by Chen Wei, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the Institute of Military Medicine under the Academy of Military Sciences, …

Coronavirus tests can be difficult to come by in many countries including in hard-hit parts of the United States and Britain, but in Wuhan, the Chinese epicentre of the pandemic, they are fast, cheap and easy to get. My colleagues and I had just arrived in the central city where the novel coronavirus emerged in humans late last year, and …

BEIJING: China will provide over Rs 2 billion to Pakistan for completion of a smart university transformation project, it emerged on Saturday. The project, which is a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), will help accelerate Pakistan’s economic and social development. The first phase of the pilot program includes 50 public universities, the publication said. According to the Higher …

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft, carrying medical relief goods donated by China, reached Islamabad on Saturday. Speaking at the Islamabad International Airport, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal said this relief equipment is a donation from the Pakistani community in China. The NDMA chief said Pakistan currently has the ability to conduct about 40,000 …

BEIJING: The Chinese government has so far provided medical supplies including surgical masks, protective gears and testing reagents to 127 countries and four international organizations to help them fight COVID-19 pandemic. “So far, the Chinese government has provided and is providing supplies to 127 countries and four international organizations, including surgical masks, protective gears, and testing reagents,” Chinese Foreign Ministry’s …