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ISLAMABAD: The country’s all-weather ally has welcomed Islamabad’s decision to extend the tenure Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa. The statement was made by Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang during a routine press conference on Wednesday. “General Bajwa is an extraordinary leader of [the] Pakistan Army,” he told reporters.…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority was being established for ensuring uninterrupted progress on different projects. The authority would be most effective in ensuring timely completion of the CPEC projects, besides ensuring better coordination and cooperation among all the relevant departments, the…

BEIJING, Aug 19 (APP):About 33 teams from universities of China, Pakistan, Germany, the United Kingdom, South Korea and Cote d’Ivoire competed at the first International Competition for Autonomous Running Intelligent Robots held here at the Beijing Science Center. The representatives from universities in 20 different countries and regions also took…

ISLAMABAD: The ambitious plan of connecting Pakistan’s railway network from China and Afghanistan to Gwadar deep sea port under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been declared strategically important by both the countries. The plan will help commercially viable transportation of goods from China and Central Asian States to the…

ISLAMABAD: The China Power Hub Generation Company’s (CPHGC) 1,320MW coal-fired power project in Balochistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has declared Commercial Operations Date (COD) and is now commercially operational. The CPHGC is a joint venture between The Hub Power Company Ltd. (HUBCO) and China Power International Holding, announced…

Power plants under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have improved livelihood of Pakistanis by helping the government overcome severe electricity shortage to control load shedding, which sometimes lasted for 18 hours in a single day before the CPEC projects started injecting electricity into the national grid. The power plants also…

ISLAMABAD-Pakistan’s trade deficit with China had shrunk by $3.2 billion during previous fiscal year mainly due to completion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. The trade balance between Pakistan and China had shrunk to $10.8 billion during the Fiscal, year (2018-19) as compared to the previous year (2017-18) i.e. $14 billion. According…

China Power Hub Generation Company’s (CPHGC) 660 MW coal fired power project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has achieved COD at 8:00 PM PST on 14 August 2019. Plant is now functioning smoothly as the second unit of the mega project is connected to the national grid. The project…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday appointed Chairman board of Investment Zubair Gilani as focal person to ensure effective collaboration between Federal and provincial governments on early operationalization of special economic zones. Chairing a high-level meeting to review progress on special economic zones and incentives for the related industries,…

KARACHI: China has handed over three cargo scanners to Pakistan Customs for improvement in clearance at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi. Addressing at the handing over ceremony on Friday, Chinese Consul General Wang Yu said that the gift of three scanners would further strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.…