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Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan

Mr. Nong Rong Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Official Message Mr. Nong Rong China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a major and pilot project of the Belt and Road Initiative, to which the leaders of our two countries have attached great importance and rendered active promotion. It has also won the across-board support

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Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed

Mushahid Hussain SayedMushahid Hussain Sayed is a journalist, geo-strategist, politician, and an avid writer and reader. Born in Sialkot, Mushahid was raised in a family of five siblings. His father, Col (r) Amjad Hussain Sayed, was a prominent veteran of the Pakistan struggle and a recipient of the gold medal

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Pakistan mulls alternate CPEC route to cut down distance to China border

ISLAMABAD: In a major development, Pakistan is going to consider another major route connecting China under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The new route would be around 350km shorter than the existing routes via Khunjerab pass. According to documents available with this scribe, the Gilgit-Baltistan’s Works Department, through a letter on

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Xi asks China, Uzbekistan to promote quality Belt and Road construction

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with visiting Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug 28, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with visiting Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov here on Wednesday, calling on the two countries

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Rahim Yar Khan Power Plant

The Rahim Yar Khan Power Project is a proposed 1,320MW imported coal power plant project consisting of two 600MW units. The project predates the Belt and Road Initiative but was included in the list of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in 2016. After concerns regarding a surplus of power were

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Xi Jinping Plans to Fund Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Xi Jinping of China on Tuesday concluded an upbeat two-day visit to Pakistan during which he pledged $46 billion worth of energy and infrastructure projects. The ambitious new development plans center on a network of Chinese rail and road projects linking the port of Gwadar, on the Arabian

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DG ISPR terms CPEC as the game changer and a tool of regional connectivity

  Major General Babar Iftikhar, the spokesperson of the country’s military while commenting on the importance of CPEC said that it is a game changer for the entire region and after its completion, Pakistan will become a hub of connectivity for the whole region. He said that this project has

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Dreams come true through CPEC

The Pak-China Friendship School Gwadar, built by CFPD in 2016 and expanded in 2020.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] I first came to China in April 2016 with officials of the government of Balochistan, Pakistan on the invitation of the China Foundation for Peace and Development on behalf of my father. My

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