CPEC projects in Gwadar in advanced stage ISLAMABAD – With 400 industries, the Allama Iqbal Special Economic Zone, Faisalabad, is all set to attract local and foreign investors that will provide direct employment to 250,000 people. An official at the China-Pakistan Economic Zone (CPEC) Authority has informed Pakistan Today that Allama Iqbal Special Economic Zone and Rashakai Special Economic Zone …
Vaccine arrives as Pakistan gears up to provide vaccine jabs to people at large ISLAMABAD – A special plane of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) carrying 0.5 Million consignment of SinoVac Vaccine arrived here at NurKhan Airbase Islamabad from China on Thursday. The consignment is procured on payment from China. The consignment arrives as Pakistan gears up to provide vaccine jabs to all …
No Chinese casualty in Quetta’s terrorist attack, says Chinese Embassy ISLAMABAD – China and Pakistan Thursday denounced terrorist attack in Quetta and said there were no casualties of Chinese citizens in the terrorist attack that hit private hotel in Quetta, Balochistan. On the night of April 21 local time, a car bomb attacked a hotel in Quetta, the capital …
ISLAMABAD – Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood Thursday said Pakistan and China have set a new model of cooperation in combatting the Covid-19 pandemic and all countries should uphold multilateralism to fight the disease. Representing Pakistan at the six-country Vice Foreign Ministers’ Video Conference from Islamabad, the foreign secretary underscored the global community needed solidarity and cooperation to fight the pandemic. …
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday underscored the transformational significance of the multi-billion-dollar China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to expeditiously complete the CPEC projects. The premier expressed these views during a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Mr. Nong Rong who called on him here. During the meeting, views were exchanged on China’s experience of poverty …
China welcomes engagement between India, Pakistan ISLAMABAD – In a major breakthrough in bilateral relations, Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday responded to a letter of Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, reminding him that durable peace and stability in South Asia region is contingent upon resolving all outstanding issues between India and Pakistan, particularly the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. This is …
ISLAMABAD – China Monday welcomed the recent positive interactions between Pakistan and India and said that it was ready to work with Pakistan to inject positive energy into regional peace, stability and development. This is the first official confirmation of a positive back channel contacts between the two countries. “China is pleased with Pakistan’s recent positive interactions with India. We …
ISLAMABAD: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday announced China would donate additional shots of coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan by March 31. The assurance came during a telephone call between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Yi wherein the former sought more Chinese vaccines to fight the disease. Yi said that over a hundred countries had approached China …
Indo-Pak Peace: Time to bury the past and move forward ISLAMABAD – Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa Thursday said that that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been at the heart of Pakistan’s economic transformation plan and we have left no quarter to declare its necessity for addressing our economic woes. Bajwa’s comments come a day after Prime …
Says Pakistan can replicate Chinese model by rooting out poverty