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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif chaired a meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday to review progress on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and other Chinese projects. During the meeting, a detailed briefing was given on infrastructure projects, especially Main Line One (ML-1), Karachi Circular Railway, Karakoram Highway and other projects. The meeting…

BEIJING: The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has already become a well-received international public good and an important platform for international cooperation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday, in response to the Western claim that China is promoting the BRI out of geopolitical considerations. “BRI transcends…

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 (APP): Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday reviewed progress over the upcoming 11th meeting of Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to be held by the end of this month. The meeting was attended by Secretary Planning…

Pakistan considers the historic 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) an important event in the life and history of the Chinese national ethos. Amidst the global and regional challenges, and the rise of threats of global climate change, food, and energy security crisis, China is leading…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to seek from China the meaningful implementation of the China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA-2) for a substantive boost in exports as the objectives of the second trade deal are not being achieved, a senior official privy to the development told The News. “The China-Pakistan Free Trade…

Pakistan and China have agreed to broaden the scope of China Pakistan Economic Corridor project from infrastructural development to enhancing industrial capacity of Pakistan. The understanding was reached at a meeting between Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal and Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong in Islamabad on Monday. The meeting…

President Xi Jinping hailed China’s rise as a global power and demanded unity around his leadership on Sunday, launching a Communist Party Congress that is set to rubber stamp his bid to rule for a historic third term. In an opening address to 2,300 delegates gathered at the Great Hall…

ISLAMABAD    –    Traditional medicine in China and Pakistan has a broad space of bilateral collaboration in research and development, management and production that would lay a strong foundation of future research. “Collaboration between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Unani Tibb (traditional medicine in Pakistan) can set the future research for…

BEIJING — Xi Jinping said on Sunday that the Communist Party of China (CPC) members must bear in mind that full and rigorous self-governance is an unceasing endeavor and that self-reform is a journey to which there is no end. “We must never slacken our efforts and never allow ourselves…