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ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday said the Chinese investment and contributions to Pakistan’s energy infrastructure were increasing the country’s ability to diversify its energy mix based on nuclear, hydel, solar and wind energy in a bid to help meet its energy needs. The president stressed…

LAHORE: Chinese Consul General to Lahore Zhao Shiren has assured that China would continue supporting Pakistan, especially in the field of agricultural research for evolving new high-yielding rice seeds to push the production upward to meet the ever-growing population. He expressed these views during his visit to the Guard Agricultural…

Until about a decade ago, the Jhimpir region in Sindh was a dry, barren stretch of land, inhabited by nomadic tribes. Today, it is home to hundreds of mammoth rotating blades in about two dozen wind farms. Around 90 kilometres from Karachi, Jhimpir is the heartland of the country’s largest…

BEIJING, Nov 23 (APP): China stands ready to work with Pakistan to implement the important consensus reached between leadership of the two countries during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to China and act on the outcomes of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) joint committee meeting, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said…

ISLAMABAD    –    Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Ini­tiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal Tuesday reviewed progress over CPEC projects after the 11th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held last month and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s recent visit to China while direct­ed the concerned stakeholders to expedite the implementation of consensus…

ISLAMABAD, Nov 22 (APP): Minister for Power, Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan Tuesday said that the present government was concentrating on environment friendly and affordable green energy through hydro, solar and wind sources. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of Suki Kinari transmission line project near Kaghan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the minister said…

BEIJING, Nov 21 (APP): China and Pakistan have expanded cooperation under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and made notable progress in areas such as green, information technology, industrial development and health, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Mao Ning said on Monday. “CPEC is the flagship project for China-Pakistan cooperation. It has…

KARACHI: Hailing the “long-standing and brotherly relationship” between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal expressed hope the countries could forge a CPEC-style relationship, according to a Dawn.com report. “We want to establish CPEC-style economic cooperation with Saudi Arabia,” the minister said, adding that China and Saudi Arabia had…

ISLAMABAD    –   The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a pilot project of the Belt and Road Initiatives, has created 190,000 jobs over the past 9 years, a Chi­nese official told on Sunday. China and Pakistan established the Joint Co­operation Committee (JCC) on the CPEC in 2013, focusing on cooperation in Gwadar…