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LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed the optimism that the Chinese Prime Minister’s visit will boost economic prospects of Pakistan. In a statement, LCCI President Mian Abuzar Shad, Senior Vice President Engineer Khalid Usman and Vice President Shahid Nazir Chaudhry said that the visit signifies a…

ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari visited the Chinese embassy in Islamabad on Thursday and offered heartfelt condolence over the tragic killing of Chinese nationals in a terrorist attack in Karachi. Strongly condemning the terrorist attack, the President reiterated the resolve to bring the perpetrators of this heinous act of…

ISLAMABAD: The visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang for the meeting of Council of Heads of Governments of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and bilateral engagements with Pakistan is on track despite recent terrorist attack in Karachi that killed two Chinese nationals. Sources told The Express Tribune on Wednesday that…

ISLAMABAD: A high-level Chinese trade delegation from the China Asia Economic Development Association visited the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) on Tuesday. The visit is expected to further enhance business-to-business and government-to-business initiatives between Pakistan and China. The delegation was led by Qian Chui Zhu, the president of the Association…

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday visited the Chinese Embassy, where he met the Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong to offer his heartfelt condolences over the loss of Chinese citizens’ lives in a terrorist attack in Karachi. The prime minister expressed expressed deep sorrow and anger over the loss of…

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited the Chinese embassy in Islamabad on Monday to express condolence over the death of two Chinese nationals in Karachi blast. During his meeting with the Ambassador of China to Pakistan, Jiang Zaidong, the interior minister expressed his deep grief and sorrow…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Chinese power companies are all set to sign pacts on re-profiling of debts and moratorium on payment of over $ 16 billion for five and three years respectively during the visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, well informed sources in PPB told Business Recorder. On Pakistan side,…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the concerned authorities to include $8 billion Diamer Bhasha Hydropower Project (DBHP) in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework, well informed sources in Ministry of Water Resources told Business Recorder. According to Wapda, potential benefits of the project include mitigating water storage; i.e., 6.4 MAF…

Pakistan has rationalised its investment expectations from the Gulf nations under the Special Investment Facilitation Council to $27 billion in five years, as it also hopes to clinch some new deals during the upcoming visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang. However, the exact number of agreements and memorandum of…

ISLAMABAD   –   Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Ahsan Iqbal has expressed hope that there will be progress on CPEC Phase-II and ML-1 projects during the upcoming visit of the Chinese President to Pakistan. He was talking to the media here on…