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Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday that the Pakistan Day Parade on March 23 will feature a fly-past by Chinese J-10C fighter jets. “The fly-past ceremony of J-10C is being held for the first time in Pakistan,” Rashid told reporters in Islamabad. “This is our response to [India’s]…

Islamabad : President Dr Arif Alvi Saturday said that all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between Pakistan and China envisioned a prosperous region with the establishment of economic and trade linkages through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship of Chinese One Belt, One Road initiative. During an interaction with the Chinese…

According to BoI’s communication with other concerned Ministries, one such window for facilitation is envisaged that provides facilitation of time-bound accelerated processing of applications through One-Stop Service (OSS) for all essential services, clearances, licenses, and permits that are required by the SEZ investors to set up their businesses in the…

KARACHI: Khalid Mansoor, the special assistant to prime minister on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) affairs and minister of state, on Friday said that water supply and electricity issues in Gwadar will be resolved soon. In his briefing about the latest developments on CPEC projects at an interactive session moderated by Managing…

Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar confirmed that the premier will be visiting the neighbouring country for three days from February 3 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Addressing the weekly press briefing, the spokesperson said that during the prime minister’s visit, officials of Islamabad and Beijing would discuss…

Speaking at a conference of business leaders, the special assistant to the prime minister on CPEC affairs said two to three investors have approached him for the possible relocation of their manufacturing units to Pakistan. “[They said] create a vocational and training institute [as] we’re going to need 100,000 talent…

President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday stressed for enhanced relations with the Republic of Korea and Algeria in diverse fields with particular focus on trade and economic cooperation for mutual benefit. He was talking to Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Korea Nabeel Munir and Ambas-sador-designate to Algeria Dr Muhammad…

KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and a Chinese company have signed a $3 billion agreement under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, an official said. The government is working for the development of coastal areas of Karachi under the CPEC project, CPEC authority chairman Khalid Mansoor said at the two-day…

“A team of scientists including breeders, soil scientists, economists, etc should be funded to develop new ginger varieties suitable for the local environment,” said a Planning Commission report titled “Cluster Development Based Agriculture Transformation Plan Vision-2025”. According to the report, the team should interact with Chinese scientists through the CPEC…