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ISLAMABAD: Amid a perceived slowdown on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar on Sunday said Pakistan would engage China at the highest level for talks on several big projects in the fields of hydropower, oil refinery and steel mills. Speaking at…

Prime Minister Imran Khan will head to China on Monday for an official visit in order to discuss issues of regional and bilateral importance with the Chinese leadership, Radio Pakistan reported. He will meet separately with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. According to the report, the premier…

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided in principle that foreigners who invest in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) will be entitled to 100 per cent ownership and there will be no condition regarding the minimum amount of investment. A high-level committee has also been set up to review a proposal that…

MANSEHRA: The Havelian-Mansehra section of the Hazara Motorway will be opened to traffic by the middle of the current month as the National Highway Authority says work is almost complete. “Work on Havelian-Mansehra section of the strategically important Hazara Motorway has almost been completed. The section can be inaugurated anytime,”…

Islamabad, Days before Prime Minister Imran Khan’s departure to China, Pakistan’s cabinet has approved legislative changes to address a longstanding issue of tax concessions for Gwadar Port and Gwadar Free Zone, removing a key bottleneck in the way of populating the industrial estate. The decision to amend the Income Tax…

KARACHI, Oct 04 (APP):Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yu Jing Friday emphasized that China Pakistan Economic Corridor was essence of bilateral long term relations between China and Pakistan. CPEC would develop infrastructure in Pakistan. He was speaking at a dialogue on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) hosted by the Karachi Council…

BEIJING, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 4th Oct, 2019 ) :Pakistan Ambassador to China Naghmana Alamgir Hashmi has said that Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between Pakistan and China would become operational in a few months. “Actually the free trade agreement will hopefully be implemented shortly, because…

BEIJING: Ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s forthcoming visit to China, Pakistan Ambassador Ms. Naghmana Alamgir Hashmi reassured that there will be no delay in the implementation of CPEC’s projects. She said, there is absolutely no deliberate delay in completing any of the CPEC’s projects This is totally wrong impression…

ISLAMABAD, Oct 3 (APP):Balochistan government has decided to initiate various development and public welfare projects in Gwadar, besides expediting the work on water projects to resolve the longstanding issue of drinking water in the city. Talking to APP, an official of the Balochistan government Thursday said that it was the…

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the US-Taliban peace talks were halted in the last stages after nine sessions, and that if things were to be resolved, things could improve again. Speaking exclusively with Dunya News’ program ‘Dunya Kamran Khan Kay Sath’, he reiterated…