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ISLAMABAD: Leader of a Chinese delegation Zhu Maa has shown interest in investing in Halal meat industry in Pakistan and exporting it to China and Middle Eastern countries. Mr Zhu said this during a meeting with Minister for States & Frontier Regions and Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi. According to…

The federal government has released about Rs 37 billion (38.5 percent) for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) development projects under Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2019-20 against the total budgeted allocation of Rs 95.73 billion, it is learnt. Total cost of 31 CPEC development projects is Rs 1.62 trillion while Pakistan…

Karachi: Relations between China and Pakistan are not based on dollars and cents but it is very historical and strategic as China has always stood by side with Pakistan in toughest times. China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has also won a national consensus of Pakistani nation. This he said while…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports during October 2019 increased by six percent while imports down by 17 percent over same month of last year, which is signaling further improvement in the country’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) position. In October, exports increased to $2.0 billion against $1.89 billion in corresponding month of last…

EIJING: Pakistan and China see bright prospects strengthening their bilateral ties in the financial and banking sectors, with the smooth functioning of the economic corridor project, the CPEC. There has been more spark and encouraging outcomes in these two sectors in the recent years, said a report published by Gwadar…

SUKKUR: A delegation of senior parliamentarians, led by Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Saturday, urged all the mega development projects, including CPEC should replicate Thar’s inclusive development model, being executed under the Public-Private Partnership venture. While talking to media persons during a daylong visit to Thar Coal Block-II mining site,…

ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 2nd Nov, 2019 ) :Director urdu Service Section, China Radio International (CRI) Zhao Qiao said the mass media was playing a vital role in promotion of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)…

ISLAMABAD: China on Friday agreed to transfer technology of date and potato processing and packaging to Pakistan in a major move to increase agriculture cooperation between the two countries. China expressed the decision during the first meeting of China-Pakistan Joint Working Group (JWG) between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural…

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that nature has blessed Gilgit-Baltistan with enormous resources, including tourism, which can be utilized for development of the region. Chairing a high-level meeting in Gilgit on Friday, he urged Gilgit-Baltistan Government to plan for setting up of small hydel projects and assured that federal…

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Petroleum Nadeem Babar said on Friday that the government has initiated a feasibility study to set up gas storage facilities in order to ensure smooth supply of the commodity during peak winter and summer seasons. “Currently, we have a system of 5 Billion…