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LAHORE: The Chinese Consulate in Lahore honoured 17 outstanding personalities and 4 institutions with friendship awards in the context of Pakistan-China friendship, taking into account the merits and participation and representation of stakeholders. Chinese Consul General Zhao Shireen gave awards to the leading personalities including Nawa-i-Waqt Group Managing Director Rameeza…

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has asked the China Overseas Ports Holding Company Ltd (COPHCL) to provide the exact demand of the electricity for Gwadar Free Zone and share 10-year plan for electricity consumption by Gwadar Free Zone Company in order to establish exact…

SARGODHA: Chinese embassy in Islamabad has donated Rs3.76 million (120,000 Yuan) to the Pakistan Institute of China Studies (PICS), University of Sargodha, for establishing ‘Chinese Ambassador Scholarship’ programme 2023’. The funding will be used to award scholarships to talented as well as promising needy students beside promoting Chinese language and…

ISLAMABAD: China has declared that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects have achieved major progress in 2022 ensuring economic stability and well-being of the people. Terming CPEC as an important pilot project of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and demonstration project of Pakistan-China cooperation, Wang Shengjie, Director Political Section of…

ISLAMABAD: Various online and offline activities, including concerts, temple fairs and parades, will be organised all over the world as the Cultural Office of the Embassy of China and China Cultural Centre in Pakistan announced Chinese New Year festivities on Tuesday. The 2023 Chinese New Year press conference was held…

ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Lt. Gen. Inam Haider Malik, met Nong Rong, the ambassador of China, and acknowledged the continued assistance from Beijing for the recovery plan from devastating floods. They also discussed the various aspects of mutual collaboration and a proactive approach to disaster…

LAHORE: S M Naveed, Chairman Special Economic Zones Authority (SEZA) shared during a meeting held on Monday at his office that Pakistan is currently developing five out of nine SEZs nominated under CPEC including Allama Iqbal Industrial City in Faisalabad, Punjab, Dhabeji SEZ in Sindh, Rashakai SEZ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…

The Chinese Government would further increase investment in the power sector of Pakistan, said Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong while addressing the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) ceremony held here. The National Electric Power Regulation Authority (NEPRA) has celebrated the outstanding achievements of NEPRA’s licensees in Occupational HSE. Chairman NEPRA, Tauseef…

ISLAMABAD    –   Defence ties between Paki­stan and China got bolstered over the years as the two allies multiplied cooperation in oth­er sectors too. Over the weekend, the Keel Laying Ceremony of first HANGOR Class Submarine and Steel Cutting of second Submarine was held in Kara­chi Shipyard & Engineering Works –…

KARACHI: Economists, experts and academia have urged the government to focus more on renewable energy projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which had less emphasis on RE projects. State Bank of Pakistan’s Director SME, Housing and Sustainable Financing Dr Mian Farooque Haq said that despite less than one percent…