China launches foreign direct investment strategy for setting up export industries in special economic zones under CPEC ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday chaired a review meeting on foreign investment in the industries being setup under the Special Economic Zones (SeZs) being developed under the multi-billion-dollar project of China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Federal Ministers Shaukat Fayyaz Tarin, Shah …

SCO states agree on unimpeded regional economic circulation, digital economy, e-commerce, artificial intelligence & smart city development   ISLAMABAD – Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forum on People-to-People Friendship has vowed to expand practical cooperation, deep integration of industrial, supply and value chains, unimpeded regional economic circulation, and more cooperation in areas such as digital economy, e-commerce, artificial intelligence and smart city …

SCO Forum on People-to-People Friendship further cement public health security governance ISLAMABAD – In a bid to help fight covid-19 and other infectious diseases, China has proposed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries to further strengthen the governance of public health security and jointly build a global community of health for all. During a special Online Health Session of the …

High time for world to raise ambition, translate political commitments on combating climate change on ground ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday welcomed a strong message of support by Chinese President Xi Jinping on the World Environment Day hosted by Pakistan on June 5. At main World Environment Day event held at Convention Center, which was addressed by Prime …

ISLAMABAD – A global communication event for the international community to better approach the cooperative spirit of the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) and the significance of East China’s Zhejiang Province to the BRI and globalisation will be held from 6th to 7th June in Jinhua, the most important node of Zhejiang stretching out towards the BRI. The theme of …

ISLAMABAD – Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday urged the international community to work together with unprecedented ambition and action to strive for a fair and reasonable system of global environmental governance featuring win-win cooperation and promote the sustainable development of humanity. Xi made the remarks in a congratulatory letter to the World Environment Day events held in Islamabad, Pakistan. The …

TTP Shehryar Mehsud group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), Hizb-ul-Ahrar, Amjad Farooqi group, Usman Saifullah group atop Afghanistan-based terrorist outfits poised to target CPEC projects, Pakistan’s security, sovereignty, says the UN report UNITED NATIONS – A new United Nations report on Afghanistan highlights the continued and ever-growing cross-border terrorist threat posed by proscribed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which according to the report, continues to …

BEIJING, China – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent a congratulatory letter to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) non-governmental friendship forum, which is being held in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. “I put forward the initiative of holding an SCO non-governmental friendship forum last November, which has received an enthusiastic response and support from all SCO member states,” Xi …

Virus origin probes should be left to scientists to investigate, not US intelligence agencies, says CPAFFC President BEIJING, China – China has the willingness, capacity and resources to help India and other South Asian countries that are grappling with the new wave of COVID-19 cases, said the president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC). When …

  ISLAMABAD – Leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states, observer states, and dialogue partners as well as representatives of non-governmental friendship organisations, have held in-depth discussions on topics such as think tank exchanges, sister city cooperation, health, rural development and poverty reduction, high-quality connectivity, and new media training. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the SCO Forum on …