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ISLAMABAD – Sahiwal Coal-Fired Power Plant has produced more than 21.2 billion Kilowatt-hours of cheap and clean energy, which has filled a quarter of power shortfall in Pakistan that meets the electricity demand of more than 4 million typical households. Mr Li Xin, the Chief Executive Officer of Sahiwal Power…

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood Khan has directed for immediate completion of all arrangements, including hiring of consultants, for initiation of work on Solarization of 800 water supply schemes to be included in CPEC projects. The total estimated cost of the project is Rs. 6.84 billion which will ensure…

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Monday said the benefits of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will start to trickle into the productive sectors of the economy including industry and agriculture during the year 2020. The first phase of CPEC (early harvest projects) addressed key infrastructure gaps in…

Pakistani government has tabled Tax Laws (Amendment) Ordinance before its Lower House of Parliamentary Committee for getting approval on tax exemptions of all taxes for both Gwadar Free Port and Free Economic Zone that is a welcome step. The Chinese government highly appreciates the efforts of the government of Pakistan…

A ‘Pakistan pavilion’ was opened in Yiwu, a city located in China’s Zhejiang Province to display products of Pakistani manufacturers and traders aimed at boosting imports from Pakistan particularly after the implementation of China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA). Pakistan Ambassador to China, Naghmana Alamgir Hashmi formally inaugurated the pavilion. Commercial…

BEIJING: With the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Pakistan’s domestic economic growth, the trade volume surged this year at a major border port between China and Pakistan. Cargo import and export reached 66,600 tonnes in the first 11 months at Khunjerab Pass in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur…

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar said on Saturday that those hatching conspiracies against Pakistan-China relations would never succeed as both the countries had rock-solid friendship. Addressing a seminar on ‘Friends of Silk Route’, organised by Pakistan-China Institute at a local hotel here, he said that China had always sided…

With over 200 bureaus all over the world, more than 10,000 photographers and news service in 12 languages, China’s premiere Xinhua News Agency is all set to provide cutting-edge news services (photo, text, graphic, video etc) to Pakistani news agencies, print and electronic media in both Urdu and English. A…

ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 28th Dec, 2019 ):The ground breaking ceremony of first state-of-the-art Allama Iqbal Industrial City special economic zone which is being developed under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project to be held on January 03. Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to perform…

Pakistan China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) President Zarak Khan has urged the government to adopt Eco-farming model of China for increasing agricultural yields to avert the growing food crisis. While introducing the Chinese Cultivation Model of “Eco-Farming” at the PCJCCI think-tank session here Friday, he emphasized to…