CPEC Consortium Boosts Education for Pakistani Students

Twenty students from the BS Forestry program at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB) have been awarded fully funded split-degree scholarships under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Consortium of Universities initiative. The scholarships will allow them to complete one year of study at Jiangsu Vocational College of Agriculture and Forestry and Yunnan University in China, […]

More Features, Less Price: Why Pakistani Buyers Are Turning to Chinese Cars

Islamabad— In a small but bustling showroom in Islamabad, Mohammad Zeb Mushtaq gestures toward a gleaming Changan Alsvin sedan. As Sales Manager at Changan Islamabad for the past four years, he’s witnessed firsthand the evolution of Pakistani consumers’ attitudes toward Chinese automobiles. “If you compare Toyota or Honda, the difference between our full option sedan […]

21 commodities have gotten expensive

Weekly inflation has increased by 0.53 percent, and yearly inflation is now at 30.60 percent, signaling a nationwide increase in inflation. The prices of nine commodities declined and those of 21 vital commodities grew in the most recent week, while rates for 21 goods remained unchanged, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) weekly […]

Under CPEC, a significant railroad project was approved

KARACHI, 28 Oct. On Thursday, Pakistan and China decided to launch the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project and the Mainline-1 (ML-1) railway from Karachi to Peshawar. Instead of using a PPP model, the KCR project for Pakistan Railway will begin under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Speaking to the media on Thursday, Federal Minister for […]

The training course on radio program production and transmission technology for developing countries will be completed soon

On October 27, 2022, the “2022 Training Course on Broadcasting Program Production and Transmission Technology for Developing Countries”, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and organized by the National Radio and Television Administration, will be completed. This 21-day training course was attended by nearly 100 media elites from 13 […]

In two years, 50m people commuted on the Lahore Orange Line train

On Tuesday, the Lahore Orange Line Train reached the end of its second year of service. Since the project’s commercial inauguration on October 25, 2020, up to 50 million passengers have taken the train. A ceremony was held here on Tuesday by the business in charge of project operation and maintenance, and it was attended […]

The ambassador of Pakistan to the United Nations said that China’s modernization efforts serve as a role model and inspiration for developing nations

Recently, in an exclusive interview with China Daily in New York, Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN, Munir Akram, stated: “China’s growth strategy has been successful. It is an economic miracle that more than 700 million people have been lifted out of poverty.” He expressed his sincere congratulations on the productive start of the 20th National […]

FATF announces removal of Pakistan from its ‘grey list’, foreign ministry responds

The regular news conference was held on October 24, 2022, by Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the foreign ministry. Pakistan will be taken off the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) “grey list,” according to a public announcement from the group’s just-finished October plenary session. What has China said? Wenbin Wang: China congratulates Pakistan and welcomes Pakistan’s […]