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  • China, Pakistan vow to further deepen bilateral pragmatic cooperation

    CHINA, 2017/08/15 China and Pakistan on Sunday promised to deepen their pragmatic cooperation in various fields during a conference between Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang. Wang Yang is in Pakistan to attend activities marking the 70th anniversary of Pakistan's independence at the invitation of the Pakistani government. Noting that China and Pakistan are "iron friends" and all-weather partners of strategic cooperation who always understand and support each other, Wang said Chinese President Xi Jinping's successful visit to Pakistan in 2015 has ushered in a new chapter of the relations between the two nations.
  • China, Pakistan pledge to push forward all-weather strategic cooperative partnership

    CHINA, 2017/04/07 China and Pakistan have pledged here to push forward the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between the two nations. The pledge came while visiting Chinese top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng met with Pakistani leaders on Wednesday and Thursday. Yu, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC) paid the visit at the invitation of Pakistani Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani. During his conference with Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday, Yu congratulated the Pakistani president on the 70th anniversary of his country's independence, hoping that Pakistan will achieve better progresses in national development.
  • The newly created Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has shortly got the momentum

    AFGHANISTAN, 2015/12/03 The newly created Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has in a little while got the momentum as an economic hub for the nations of the region. The EEU includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia as its members, whereas; the Organization is a continuation of contemplation for establishing the integration projects by the Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia since 2007. The Organization fundamentally promotes the ideas of streamlining the flow and transportation of services and goods between the member states, therefore, it greatly attracts the interests of a lot of stakeholders and according to the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, a lot of international organizations and the economic giants like China has shown great interest in the creation of free trade zones through the EEU. The present political and economic importance of the South and Central Asian region along with free trade and economic potential across the Eurasian region greatly appeals almost each regional and international country, whether may they be developed or developing country seems eager approaching in bilateral and multilateral engagements with these organizations and the states in the region. The cooperation that is vital to the a lot of states’ national interests consists of the fields of security, economic, energy, bilateral, free trade, scientific education and cultural interactions. Most particularly, the Russian Federation and China have leading ambitious roles in region’s economic and infrastructural developments. In addition, the growing significance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the present scenario has further enabled China and Russia to become a dominant player on the world economic and political arena. This in turn has as well provided small or developing nations to benefit from the mutual benefit efforts of the SCO, EEU and other forums for their industrialization and national economic development goals.
  • Tajikistan and Pakistan signed eight agreements on cooperation

    PAKISTAN, 2015/11/18 Tajikistan and Pakistan signed eight agreements on cooperation in the fields of power, commerce and defense to enhance bilateral relation through strengthening economic and parliamentary ties between the two nations. The agreements were signed during a conference of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on November 11-12. Both sides stressed importance of strengthening ties between the nations at the governmental level for the mutual benefits of the two nations.
  • Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif talks with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Nuclear Security Summit in March 2014

    PAKISTAN, 2015/11/11 International rating agencies praise Pakistan over evolution made on the security front, while the country experiences increased political stability and is poised to be the world’s next economic turnaround story. In spite of these advances, Pakistan is still believed to be a country in turmoil, which is far from the realities on the ground Upon an invitation from President Barack Obama, Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif is in Washington today for a conference at the White Home, and he is set to bring good news. Initial and foremost, Mr. Sharif will tell of an encouraging record on security that will be received here with a sense of relief. Indeed, his country of 180 million is situated in one of the majority volatile regions on the planet, tucked next to Iran and Afghanistan – with which it shares a long border – in the west, China to the north and India to the east.
  • China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Trade Crossroads

    CHINA, 2015/11/11 Op-Ed: Sirajuddin Aziz, President and CEO of Habib Metro Bank says that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will bring in $46 billion worth of Chinese investment The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is being referred to as a game changer, and rightfully so. Pakistan is strategically located on the China-Middle East and China-Central Asia routes. Gwadar port in Pakistan offers China the prospect of access to the warm waters of the Persian Gulf through a ‘Maritime Silk Route’. It as well offers the prospect of significantly reducing the region’s cost of doing business in Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
  • GPTI arranges moot to facilitate Pak-German traders

    GERMANY, 2015/05/04 German Pakistan Trade Investment (GPTI) has arranged a conference and an interactive session for companies interested to start business or further their business with Germany. This may include export, import, joint ventures or transfer of technical know-how. The conference will start by 4:30pm on Monday at a hotel. An audio/skype presentation will as well take place with German organisation besides questions and answers session, said a press release here on Saturday.
  • Pakistan today pitched for liberalising visa regime with India

    INDIA, 2014/02/15 Pakistan today pitched for liberalising visa regime with India and expressed willingness to accord non-discriminatory market access (NDMA) to New Delhi any minute at this time to boost bilateral trade. "I believe yes. I have great confidence. We will be able to resolve that," Pakistan's Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan told reporters at the same time as asked as to at the same time as Pakistan will grant NDMA status and sort out issue with regard to trade with land route. He was talking to reporters next inaugurating 'India Show'.
  • Pakistan Seeks more investment from China

    CHINA, 2013/02/25 With handing over of Gwadar Port to China, presently Pakistan is eyeing for additional investment from the world’s second major economy that poured in $263 billion world over during 2004 and 2010. Of the total, $202 billion was in Asia with Pakistan hardly getting one billion dollar.