Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 29 (Xinhua) -- The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has brought high-quality development and contributed to a human community with a shared future through win-win economic cooperation between Pakistan and China, highlighting the vitality of China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a Pakistani expert said.

ISLAMABAD, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province arrested 17 terrorists during intelligence-based operations, the police said on Friday.

The personnel of the CTD of Punjab police conducted multiple operations in different districts of the province to avert terror activities, apprehending 17 terrorists, the CTD Punjab said in a statement.

LAHORE, Pakistan/XI'AN, China, July 28 (Xinhua) -- As the sun rises and street lights turn off in Lahore, capital of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the city wakes up and gets bustling with life.

As the day begins, Zubair Tufail, a team supervisor of operations at a converter station of ±660 kilovolt Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project in a suburb of Lahore, starts his daily work.

ISLAMABAD, Jul 27 (APP): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardsri on Wednesday held a telephonic call with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and discussed post-flood recovery in Pakistan, food security for developing countries and Black Sea Grain Initiative.
On his Twitter handle, the foreign minister said that he thanked the UNSG for his leadership and support for Pakistan flood response.
The foreign minister highlighted challenges faced by the developing countries for food security following supply chain disruptions.

26 July 2023; MEMO: Qatar has manged to fend off competition from Saudi Arabia, UAE and China to secure a deal with Pakistan over the running of Islamabad Airport. The sale, via tender of a contract, to manage Islamabad Airport is nearing completion after consultations with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Ministry of Finance said Thursday.

ISLAMABAD, July 25 (APP): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday congratulated Wang Yi on his appointment as China’s Foreign Minister.

On his Twitter handle, the foreign minister praised Wang Yi as ‘an astute and seasoned diplomat’ with whom he had the distinct pleasure of interacting twice last year.

“I’m confident that under his watch our all-weather strategic cooperative partnership would grow from strength to strength,” he further added.

ISLAMABAD, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has emerged as a corridor of opportunity, traversing vast terrains to connect the warm waters of the Arabian Sea with the rich landscapes of China's western regions, a government official said Monday.

23 July 2023; AA: Commander of the US CENTCOM, Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, met with Pakistan's army chief Gen. Asim Munir on Monday to discuss a variety of issues, including the region’s security situation.

ISLAMABAD, Jul 21 (NNN-APP) – The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of Pakistan, approved a request by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), to allocate funds of 42.528 billion rupees (over 149 million U.S. dollars), for the forthcoming general elections, the finance ministry said in a statement.

The committee allocated 10 billion rupees yesterday, while the remaining money will be allocated in phases, according to the requirement of the ECP, the statement added.

Peshawar, Jul 20 (PTI) A policeman was killed and 10 others injured in twin blasts at a tehsil building compound in a restive tribal district of northwest Pakistan on Thursday, police said.

Rescue officials said the blasts occurred when the police were checking people entering the Bara Tehsil building in the Khyber tribal district bordering Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.