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Islamabad: President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry(ICCI), Ahmed Hassan Moughal has said that Pakistan is a rising market of over 200 million consumers and offered great potential for supply chain business.He was talking to a delegation of Zhejiang Eman Supply Chain Management Co. Ltd from China that visited ICC and showed keen interest to invest in supply chain business in Pakistan. Anderson, Kim, Eman, Judy and others were in the delegation.He said that…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have agreed to fast-track the pace of industrial cooperation under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) by utilising Chinese experience to ensure speedy development of special economic zones (SEZs) in the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Board of Investment which was jointly…

PESHAWAR: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Xuzhou, the capital city of Chinese province Ji­angsu and Peshawar the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to increase and strengthen collaboration and coopera­tion here in Islamabad. The Vice Mayor of Xuzhou People’s Government XU Donghai, and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Peshawar Muham­mad…

BEIJING: Terming the recent visit of the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China, Gen Xu Qiliang, to Pakistan very successful, the Chinese defence ministry on Thursday said that Beijing would work together with Islamabad to strengthen strategic communication, enhance mutual trust and improve defence cooperation to safeguard…

KARACHI: “There will be 27 new projects in the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),” said Consul General of China Wang Yu during a dialogue on the subject organised by the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) at a local hotel here on Thursday. He said that following…

ISLAMABAD: The Joint Working Group on Gwadar here on Thursday decided to expedite the work on Gwadar Free Zone Phase -II, besides expediting work on 300 MW coal based power plant so that electricity could be provided which was crucial for development of port. The group met here with Secretary…

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Thursday said the government was working hard to improve ease of doing business in the country by providing maximum facilities to local as well as international investors. “We are working hard on ease of doing business and…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday approved, in principle, the pending tax concessions for Gwadar Port and its free zone amid the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) refusal to grant sweeping concessions through a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO). The FBR largely withdrew some of its objections after a legal opinion from the Ministry…

ISLAMABAD: The first ever “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary School Students was held in Pakistan on Wednesday where nine middle school students participated in Chinese language debate and cultural performance. A student of Roots Millennium School Flagship Campus Abeeha Shoaib secured the first position, and won a…

China’s capital Beijing on Tuesday hosted a rare heart-to-heart exchange of views among Baloch leaders representing different parties and Chinese academia and experts. The focus was the Balochistan situation as well the status of CPEC related projects in the province and the perceptions about China’s role in the development of…