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[Jazba-e-Kashmir]

Premier Jiabao’s visit: Pakistan, China may start strategic dialogue

Jiabao will arrive in Pakistan for a three-day visit on December 18.


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China may initiate a “strategic dialogue” on the pattern of the ongoing Pak-US dialogue during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s upcoming visit.

Jiabao will arrive in Pakistan for a three-day visit on December 18 to cement what officials from both sides term “strategic cooperation”. During this visit, he will address a joint session of the parliament on December 19.

Official sources told The Express Tribune that during his visit to Pakistan, the two countries are likely to finalise the modalities of their strategic dialogue, augmenting their close coordination in different fields including nuclear technology.

China and Pakistan consider each other time-tested friends and China is already working with Pakistan in building nuclear power plants at Chashma and other locations.

The new proposed deals between the two countries are likely to agitate important world capitals. Besides neighbouring India, the US and some other Western capitals have already expressed apprehension over the burgeoning co-operation between China and Pakistan. Reportedly, the US had sought details from Islamabad on its nuclear cooperation with China, which Islamabad declined.

Economic officials from both countries have already identified several projects to be announced during the visit. According to an announcement from Islamabad and Beijing, Chinese companies plan to invest more than $10 billion in various infrastructure and development projects in Pakistan.

http://tribune.com.p...tegic-dialogue/



President invites Nawaz Sharif to banquet for Chinese Premier
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday telephoned PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif and invited him to the banquet in honor of the Chinese Prime Minister during his visit to Pakistan this week. Mian Nawaz Sharif accepted the invitation.The President thanked the former Prime Minister for accepting the invitation to attend the banquet in honor of the Chinese Prime Minister, a statement from the President House said
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Zardari invites Nawaz to banquet for Chinese PM
Sunday December 12 , 2010 2:36:53 PM

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday telephoned PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif and invited him to the banquet in honor of the Chinese Prime Minister during his visit to Pakistan this week.

Mian Nawaz Sharif accepted the invitation. The President thanked the former prime minister for accepting the invitation to attend the banquet in honor of PM Wen Jiabao, a statement from the President House said.

Wen Jiabao will arrive here on Dec 17 on a three day official visit on the invitation of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani.

During his trip, Wen Jiabao will also address joint session of the Parliament on Dec 19.

The visit will be a unique opportunity for two countries to enhance their trade and commercial ties. Many commercial deals will be signed during the visit.

Up to 20 billion dollars worth of projects with Chinese help have been completed in Pakistan. Work on projects of 14 billion dollars is continuing at present while projects of another 20 billion dollars will be signed between the two sides.

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Chinese Premier to address joint session of Parliament on Dec 19
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (APP): Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will address the joint session of Parliament on December 19 (Sunday).Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza will chair the joint session of the Parliament on December 19 (Sunday) morning.After the address of the Chinese PM, the joint sitting will be prorogued.The joint session will be followed by summoning of the session of National Assembly on December 20 for the passage of General Sales Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2010.Special security arrangements will be made for the joint session with entrance passes strictly required even in the vicinity of Red Zone.

Premier Wen Jiabao, will be the sixth world leader to address the joint sitting of Pakistan’s Parliament.
The other five foreign dignitaries who had addressed the joint sitting of the Parliament in the past, when in office, include current Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, ex-Turkish President Kenan Evran, former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.

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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will arrive in Pakistan on the 17th of December 2010
Islamabad : Pakistan | Dec 12, 2010

Chinese Prime Minister Wen JiabaoWen Jiabao will arrive in Pakistan on Dec 17 on a three day official visit on the invitation of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza GilaniRaza Gilani.

Prime Minister Gilani himself will receive Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the airport.

Dozens of chief executives of companies and 250 business leaders will accompany the Chinese premier. The visit will be a unique opportunity for two countries to enhance their trade and

commercial ties. Many commercial deals will be signed during the visit.

Up to 20 billion dollars worth of projects with Chinese help have been completed in Pakistan. Work on projects of 14 billion dollars is continuing at present while projects of another 20

billion dollars will be signed between the two sides.

A large media delegation will come with the Chinese Premier who will also have interaction with Pakistani media.

There will be an official meeting between the two Prime Ministers that will be followed with ceremony of signing MoUs.

A briefing for visiting dignitary will be held at office of National Disaster Management Authority at PM Secretariat.

The Chinese Prime Minister will address the joint session of parliament on Dec 19. Later he will have interaction with Pakistani media. He will leave for China on the same day.

http://www.allvoices...f-december-2010



Pakistan expects $400m import orders during China PM’s visit
Submitted by Mian Ahsan Liaqat on December 11, 2010 – 4:54 pmNo CommentISLAMABAD: Chinese state procurement agency will place import orders worth $400 million in the visit of Chinese Prime Minister to Pakistan during the third week of December, officials said. The Chinese shopping list includes surgical instruments and leather goods, a senior official in the commerce ministry said here Saturday.

Sources said the Chinese premier would be accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising buyer groups for purchasing Pakistani products. The trade volume between China and Pakistan is around $7 billion. Besides this export
offer to cash starved Pakistan, the Chinese premier is also likely to announce trade concessions on certain items.

It is a welcome move by a tested friend of Pakistan after the European Union trade package for Pakistan hit snags owing to opposition from India in World Trade Organisation (WTO), another senior official of the commerce ministry said. (edited: related ***** )
It is worth mentioning here that Pakistan has so far been denied any market access or any unilateral tariff concessions in the United States markets despite being a frontline ally in the war against terrorism.

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No news yet at:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China
http://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/


Long Live China!!

Welcome Dear Beloved Friend and Brother!

Long Live Our Brotherhood and Friendship!



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Eu Delays Trade Relief For Pakistan, india up to its dirty old tricks
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Peace

[Munir]

The Indians should be ashamed that they are only interested in weak or terrorized Pakistan...

[legend]

Interesting slide on PTV..

1. Two JF-17 Thunders will escort China PM Wen Jiabao's plane.
2. PM, his whole cabinet, all services chief will receive him.
3. 21 Gun Salute will welcome him.
4. PM to request China to make Gwador Port operational.

[M_ZEE32]

4th one, most interesting news and important thing to do

[legend]

4th one, most interesting news and important thing to do

Gilani for Chinese help in making Gwadar Port effective

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday hinted at expanded cooperation with China, including a plan to make the Gwadar Port fully operational with Chinese assistance.“We will discuss with China the mechanism to make the Gwadar Port operational during the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao,” said the prime minister in an interaction with editors, columnists, anchorpersons and senior correspondents here at the Prime Minister’s House.
During his 40-minute interaction, the prime minister focused on the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s visit to Pakistan and did not discuss the latest political situation.
At the outset, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira made it clear that this interaction would focus on the Chinese prime minister’s visit to Pakistan. “You want to say that they should not ask questions about the ministers,” the PM quipped.
In response to a question regarding Wen’s visit to India prior to Pakistan, the prime minister said Pakistan would welcome a Chinese role in bringing Pakistan and India to the negotiation table, as Islamabad desires friendly relations with all its neighbours. “We appreciate their improved ties with India,” he said.
He said Pakistan and China enjoyed time-tested relations marked by similarity of views and support for each other in all international fora, so their relations could not be compared with any other country.
The prime minister said Pakistan had offered trilateral trade among Pakistan, China and Afghanistan to enhance regional trade. Asked about the possibility of a civil nuclear deal with China, he said there was ongoing cooperation between Pakistan and China on civil nuclear energy. He said Tuesday’s meeting of the NCA had reiterated that Pakistan would not accept any discriminatory approach towards the civil nuclear programme.
PM Gilani said the government and the people of Pakistan were looking forward to the visit of Premier Wen Jiabao as it would strengthen the already existing all-weather, historic and strategic friendship between the two countries.
The Chinese premier, besides holding meetings and wide-ranging talks with the Pakistani leadership and interaction with the Pakistani businessmen and entrepreneurs, will also address the joint sitting of parliament.
Asked about details of the agreements that will be signed with China during the visit, the prime minister referred the question to Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Masood Khan, who said that 13-14 MOUs would be signed between the two governments.
Prime Minister Gilani said developing and further enhancing its relationship with China was the cornerstone of Pakistan’s foreign policy, as Pak-China ties — the seeds of which were sown by Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Chinese leaders Mao Ze Dong and Chu En Lai — were growing with cooperation in diverse fields. “History is a testimony to strong Pak-China relationship.” He said the people of Pakistan would never forget the generous support and assistance of China after the 2005 earthquake and again during the recent devastating floods.
He hailed the Chinese help and assistance in the construction of the Karakoram Highway. He said Pakistan had declared the year 2011 as Pak-China Friendship Year. He said Pakistan and China would strengthen their defence, cultural, educational, energy relations.
Asked about security of Chinese nationals working in Pakistan, the prime minister said the government had ensured security for Chinese nationals working in Pakistan and the Chinese government was quite satisfied with these security arrangements.
The prime minister was of the view that there should be more cultural cooperation and more people-to-people contacts between the two countries. He said the Pak-China bilateral trade was continuously growing, as Pakistan’s exports to China last year witnessed a 37 per cent surge.
He further said that with increased cooperation in diverse fields, the level of bilateral trade between Pakistan and China was expected to reach US$15-$18 billion in the next five years.
In reply to a question regarding the impact of WikiLeaks on relations between countries, the prime minister replied that he had already stated that this was not authentic information as it represents personal opinions of junior-level officers and foreign policy was not made on the basis of such information. “Our relations with other countries have not been affected by WikiLeaks,” he remarked.

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[khusramajor10]

Interesting slide on PTV..

1. Two JF-17 Thunders will escort China PM Wen Jiabao's plane.
2. PM, his whole cabinet, all services chief will receive him.
3. 21 Gun Salute will welcome him.
4. PM to request China to make Gwador Port operational.

Didn't Gwadar port become operational in 2008 ?

[BaburMissile]

Didn't Gwadar port become operational in 2008 ?

Yes it did. Are you an Endian by any chance?

[riaz1973]

Premier Jiabao’s visit: Pakistan, China may start strategic dialogue

Jiabao will arrive in Pakistan for a three-day visit on December 18.


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China may initiate a “strategic dialogue” on the pattern of the ongoing Pak-US dialogue during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s upcoming visit.

Jiabao will arrive in Pakistan for a three-day visit on December 18 to cement what officials from both sides term “strategic cooperation”. During this visit, he will address a joint session of the parliament on December 19.

Official sources told The Express Tribune that during his visit to Pakistan, the two countries are likely to finalise the modalities of their strategic dialogue, augmenting their close coordination in different fields including nuclear technology.

China and Pakistan consider each other time-tested friends and China is already working with Pakistan in building nuclear power plants at Chashma and other locations.

The new proposed deals between the two countries are likely to agitate important world capitals. Besides neighbouring India, the US and some other Western capitals have already expressed apprehension over the burgeoning co-operation between China and Pakistan. Reportedly, the US had sought details from Islamabad on its nuclear cooperation with China, which Islamabad declined.

Economic officials from both countries have already identified several projects to be announced during the visit. According to an announcement from Islamabad and Beijing, Chinese companies plan to invest more than $10 billion in various infrastructure and development projects in Pakistan.

http://tribune.com.p...tegic-dialogue/



President invites Nawaz Sharif to banquet for Chinese Premier
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday telephoned PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif and invited him to the banquet in honor of the Chinese Prime Minister during his visit to Pakistan this week. Mian Nawaz Sharif accepted the invitation.The President thanked the former Prime Minister for accepting the invitation to attend the banquet in honor of the Chinese Prime Minister, a statement from the President House said
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Zardari invites Nawaz to banquet for Chinese PM
Sunday December 12 , 2010 2:36:53 PM

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday telephoned PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif and invited him to the banquet in honor of the Chinese Prime Minister during his visit to Pakistan this week.

Mian Nawaz Sharif accepted the invitation. The President thanked the former prime minister for accepting the invitation to attend the banquet in honor of PM Wen Jiabao, a statement from the President House said.

Wen Jiabao will arrive here on Dec 17 on a three day official visit on the invitation of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani.

During his trip, Wen Jiabao will also address joint session of the Parliament on Dec 19.

The visit will be a unique opportunity for two countries to enhance their trade and commercial ties. Many commercial deals will be signed during the visit.

Up to 20 billion dollars worth of projects with Chinese help have been completed in Pakistan. Work on projects of 14 billion dollars is continuing at present while projects of another 20 billion dollars will be signed between the two sides.

http://www.arynews.t...l.asp?nid=40074


Chinese Premier to address joint session of Parliament on Dec 19
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (APP): Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will address the joint session of Parliament on December 19 (Sunday).Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza will chair the joint session of the Parliament on December 19 (Sunday) morning.After the address of the Chinese PM, the joint sitting will be prorogued.The joint session will be followed by summoning of the session of National Assembly on December 20 for the passage of General Sales Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2010.Special security arrangements will be made for the joint session with entrance passes strictly required even in the vicinity of Red Zone.

Premier Wen Jiabao, will be the sixth world leader to address the joint sitting of Pakistan’s Parliament.
The other five foreign dignitaries who had addressed the joint sitting of the Parliament in the past, when in office, include current Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, ex-Turkish President Kenan Evran, former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.

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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will arrive in Pakistan on the 17th of December 2010
Islamabad : Pakistan | Dec 12, 2010

Chinese Prime Minister Wen JiabaoWen Jiabao will arrive in Pakistan on Dec 17 on a three day official visit on the invitation of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza GilaniRaza Gilani.

Prime Minister Gilani himself will receive Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the airport.

Dozens of chief executives of companies and 250 business leaders will accompany the Chinese premier. The visit will be a unique opportunity for two countries to enhance their trade and

commercial ties. Many commercial deals will be signed during the visit.

Up to 20 billion dollars worth of projects with Chinese help have been completed in Pakistan. Work on projects of 14 billion dollars is continuing at present while projects of another 20

billion dollars will be signed between the two sides.

A large media delegation will come with the Chinese Premier who will also have interaction with Pakistani media.

There will be an official meeting between the two Prime Ministers that will be followed with ceremony of signing MoUs.

A briefing for visiting dignitary will be held at office of National Disaster Management Authority at PM Secretariat.

The Chinese Prime Minister will address the joint session of parliament on Dec 19. Later he will have interaction with Pakistani media. He will leave for China on the same day.

http://www.allvoices...f-december-2010



Pakistan expects $400m import orders during China PM’s visit
Submitted by Mian Ahsan Liaqat on December 11, 2010 – 4:54 pmNo CommentISLAMABAD: Chinese state procurement agency will place import orders worth $400 million in the visit of Chinese Prime Minister to Pakistan during the third week of December, officials said. The Chinese shopping list includes surgical instruments and leather goods, a senior official in the commerce ministry said here Saturday.

Sources said the Chinese premier would be accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising buyer groups for purchasing Pakistani products. The trade volume between China and Pakistan is around $7 billion. Besides this export
offer to cash starved Pakistan, the Chinese premier is also likely to announce trade concessions on certain items.

It is a welcome move by a tested friend of Pakistan after the European Union trade package for Pakistan hit snags owing to opposition from India in World Trade Organisation (WTO), another senior official of the commerce ministry said. (edited: related ***** )
It is worth mentioning here that Pakistan has so far been denied any market access or any unilateral tariff concessions in the United States markets despite being a frontline ally in the war against terrorism.

Input from Agencies


http://www.pak-times...hina-pms-visit/


No news yet at:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China
http://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/


Long Live China!!

Welcome Dear Beloved Friend and Brother!

Long Live Our Brotherhood and Friendship!



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Eu Delays Trade Relief For Pakistan, india up to its dirty old tricks
http://forum.pakista...showtopic=91772

Peace

why Mr Premier Jiabao’s has to visit india first then Pakistan ?

[xyxmt]

Chinese prime minister can goto one month visit to india and then come for a 4 hour visit to Pakistan....which is more important...you guessed it right 4 hour visit to Pakistan.

[khusramajor10]

Yes it did. Are you an Endian by any chance?

Not Endian but Indian! Couldn't you tell from my posts?

[pasha]

Sadly ...Chinese PM will meet the bigggest thief of the country who would actually leak out all the china-pak contractual documents to CIA.

U.S Must be laughing!

[rungroot]

The real documents and agreements rest in the hands of the GHQ.

[Gallant]

Sadly ...Chinese PM will meet the bigggest thief of the country who would actually leak out all the china-pak contractual documents to CIA.

U.S Must be laughing!

Thats paranoid thinking of yours. Seriously hadd hoti hai conspiracy theories ki bhi.

[legend]

JF-17 escort video



there are 4 fighters dont know which are the other two?

[M_ZEE32]

JF-17 escort video



there are 4 fighters dont know which are the other two?

I cant tell which are thunders and which other two are ! Anyone ?

[Dizasta]

^^ The other two fighters are Mirage-Vs!!

[pasha]

Thats paranoid thinking of yours. Seriously hadd hoti hai conspiracy theories ki bhi.

Dont forget this is a lapdog government came in on CIA ticket ....... Paranoia without some valid justification could be bad which i dont see in this case.

Ciao

[thehimalayanwarrior]

I cant tell which are thunders and which other two are ! Anyone ?

now thats awesome so glad that they are pulling out all the stops to welcome our chinese brothers.

[legend]

I cant tell which are thunders and which other two are ! Anyone ?

Right side 2 JF-17 and left side 2 mirage's.

[legend]

^^ The other two fighters are Mirage-Vs!!

Yes

[raven's revolution]

it would be great if Chinese premier plane would have been escorted by a pair of F16 block 52+ along with JF17
its would be a major arm twisting for US seeing there jets escorting future superpowers prime minister

[rungroot]

JF-17 escort video



there are 4 fighters dont know which are the other two?

Welcome to Pakistan Mister Premier.

Man, the JF-17 sorta looks like the F-22 from below

[legend]

3 JF-17 also flew over the Chaklala Air base once Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani proceeded to the dais and national anthems of Pakistan and China were played.

[legend]

What does this gesture symbolize? ^^^

Many consider Pakistan as " China's Israel"




Photo from inside the Chinese Premier plane.

[Zola]

China, Pakistan sign $20 bln deals: minister

China and Pakistan signed around 20 billion dollars' worth of deals Friday, boosting trade and investment as Wen Jiabao became the first Chinese premier in five years to visit the nuclear-armed state.

Pakistan, on the front line of the US war on Al-Qaeda and battling a Taliban insurgency in its northwest, considers China its closest foreign ally and treated Wen and a massive business delegation to a red-carpet welcome.

The two countries signed 13 agreements and memorandums of understanding in fields including energy, rail transport, reconstruction, agriculture and culture, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira told reporters.

"A major breakthrough is China's agreement on cooperation in the energy sector," the minister said.

"The Chinese government has assured they will fund all the energy projects of Pakistan," he said.

"China will provide assistance in 36 projects in Pakistan to be completed in five years," he said. "Basically this is a five-year development plan."

He said 14 billion dollars will come through a joint economic cooperation group, five billion dollars in other business agreements, while deals worth another 10 billion dollars are expected to be concluded at a business leaders' meeting on Saturday.

"Overall the Chinese investment is expected to be around 30 billion dollars," he said.

Although the deals are vitally important to the moribund Pakistani economy, they pale in comparison with Wen's agreement in Pakistan's arch rival India on Thursday where the two countries agreed to double bilateral trade to 100 billion dollars by 2015.

Wen's visit was accompanied by blanket security as Shiite Muslims -- 20 percent of the population -- marked their holiest day, Ashura, which was last year marred by a bomb at a Karachi religious procession that killed 43 people.

"We have unprecedented relations with China. The whole nation is proud of the Pakistan-China friendship," Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told PTV.

The Chinese premier held talks with Gilani after being greeted at the airport by Pakistan's entire cabinet and military chiefs, who depend on Chinese hardware, and a guard of honour with a 21-gun salute.

Wen will meet President Asif Ali Zardari, attend a business cooperation summit and inaugurate a new Chinese cultural centre in Islamabad on Saturday. He will address a joint session of the Pakistani parliament before leaving on Sunday.

Although no specific mention was made of nuclear power, talks are believed to be ongoing on China building a one-gigawatt nuclear power plant as part of Pakistani plans to produce 8,000 megawatts of electricity by 2025 and overcome acute energy shortages.

The West has expressed concern about the security of Pakistan's nuclear material, but China has built a 300-megawatt nuclear power reactor at Chashma in central Punjab province and another of the same capacity is under way.

Without going into details, officials in Pakistan admit the country has a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with China, a counter-weight to India's agreement with the United States on nuclear energy cooperation.

"We have developed an energy cooperation mechanism, it relates to all sectors of energy, including wind, coal and hydro energy," Kaira said

Pakistan depends on China's financial and political clout to offset the perceived threat from rival India and rescue its economy from the doldrums of catastrophic flooding, a severe energy crisis and poor foreign investment.

China will open branches of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), its top private bank, in Karachi and Islamabad, Kaira said.

Pakistan's prime minister has expressed hope that trade will rise to between 15 and 18 billion dollars over the next five years.

But security issues will also likely weigh on the agenda. China has been concerned about the threat of Islamist militants infiltrating its territory from Pakistan, particularly in its western Xinjiang region.

"We achieved our targets, the outcome of the visit is beyond our expectations. It is a historic day," Pakistan's ambassador to Beijing Masood Khan said.

Pakistan and China have a strategic partnership and "this partnership has been further strengthened," he said.

"This strategic partnership is for peace and security in the region and is not a cause of threat against anyone," he said.

http://uk.news.yahoo...-3b70ac1_2.html

[YaoRockets]

http://www.washingto...0121900595.html

"Pakistan was at the front of the international fight against terrorism and made big sacrifices and important contributions, which were obvious to all," Wen told lawmakers. "The international community should affirm that and give great support as well as respect the path of development chosen by Pakistan."

He said the fight against terrorism should not focus on specific religions or ethnic groups, but rather on eradicating the "root factors breeding terrorism.

[Truth Never Dies]

Asalam-o-alikum,

First of all, we have to give due credit to Present Government, that atlast China start taking interests in Pakistan's Problems, and secondly i would like to congratulate the Present Government and Establishment, in the manner in which they Welcome the Prime Ministers of China.

Chineese arrived before, but they dont welcomed in that manner.

The most brightest view of present Visit , is that Pakistan offered the Gawader, to china again.

I am the critic of Zardari, but its also the fact, that Butto and now Zardari bring the relations in new Era.

Truth Never Dies!

[Zola]

China counters U.S. criticism of Pakistan as PM ends visit

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao lauded on Sunday Pakistan's efforts to battle al Qaeda, just days after the United States said its ally could do more to crack down on militants, especially along the Afghan border.

Wen's comments, made in a speech before parliament, appear part of China's strategy to lend support to old friend Pakistan, often criticised by the United States and many in the West as an unreliable, but necessary, ally in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

"Strengthening and promoting strategic, brotherly relations is our joint strategic choice and they are in the interests of two countries and their people," Wen said, as he wrapped up a three-day visit to Pakistan.

Chinese leaders applaud Pakistan's efforts to fight al Qaeda -led terrorism, he added, urging the international community to "endorse and support" them.

Pakistan's porous border with Afghanistan is seen as a haven for militants and U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday that it needed to do more to control the flow of extremists, which a U.S. review of the Afghan war said was the main obstacle to ending the conflict.

While boosting trade and investment has been the main focus of Wen's visit -- the first in five years by a Chinese premier -- analysts say the trip is about more than money.

"It's a clear signal of China's growing, assertive diplomacy," said independent analyst Hamayoun Khan.

"They (China) do not want Pakistan to be entirely dependent on the United States and the International Monetary Fund, and then get dictation from them," Khan said.

"China's massive investment in this time proves two things. One is that China is a genuine ally of Pakistan, and second, it is a clear signal to the U.S. that if the U.S. supports India against China, China will support Pakistan."

During the visit, which followed a three-day trip to India, the two countries signed commercial and trade deals worth at least $25 billion.

By comparison, Wen signed $16 billion in deals in India before arriving in Islamabad on Friday.

Analysts say China is investing in Pakistan to such a large degree for two reasons: because it sees the country as a genuine friend, and because it irks India.

Sino-Indian relations have been dogged by long-standing border disputes, which led to a war nearly four decades ago. Since then, though, the world's two fastest-growing big economies have forged a major trade relationship over the years.

China is the main supplier of defence and military hardware to Pakistan. China has also helped Pakistan to build its main nuclear power generation facility and is helping build another one.

Pakistani diplomats like to refer to China as an "all-weather friend," whose needs -- strategic and economic -- fit in with what Pakistan wants and has to offer.

China wants to use Pakistan as a gateway to the Muslim world and as a new Silk Road for China's energy-hungry interior, as well as a balance against India's military rise.

Pakistan, in turn, plans to further rely on China for the bulk of its weapon systems, as a major investor for its ports and roads, and as a counterweight to American demands and conditions in the fight against Islamist militancy.

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[Zola]

China PM vows to boost strategic Pakistan ties

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao vowed Sunday to boost strategic cooperation with Pakistan as he wrapped up a three-day visit to Islamabad that concluded deals worth around 35 billion dollars.

"It is our collective objective to strengthen strategic ties between our two countries," he told a joint session of Pakistan's parliament before leaving to return to China Sunday afternoon.

Boosting trade and investment with Pakistan was the focus of the first visit by a Chinese premier in five years to the country, which is battling a Taliban insurgency and is at the forefront of the US-led war on Al-Qaeda.

Business leaders and cabinet ministers formalised around 35 billion dollars' worth of trade deals during the visit, signing a raft of agreements designed to prop up Pakistan's ailing economy and ease its crippling energy crisis.

Wen, who arrived in Pakistan straight from a visit to arch-rival India, Sunday predicted "sustained growth of our economic and trade ties" as the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Beijing and Islamabad approached.

He welcomed Pakistani efforts to increase exports to China and said the two countries would explore the possibility of a currency swap agreement.

"The future of economic cooperation between the two countries is very bright," Wen said. "China is Pakistan's all-weather strategic partner."

Pakistan regards China as its closest ally and the deals as incredibly important to a moribund economy, which was dealt a massive blow by catastrophic flooding this year and suffers from sluggish Western investment.

The poverty-stricken country is reliant on China's clout to offset the perceived threat from rival India and rescue its economy.

But the fresh trade deals with Pakistan were dwarfed by those signed on Wen's trip to India, where he and his 400-strong delegation signed deals to double trade to 100 billion dollars a year by 2015.

Wen pledged Sunday that "China will remain steadfast in its support to Pakistan and will expect the same from the international community".

"The people of Pakistan will surely overcome (their) difficulties," he added.

Though not specifically mentioned, behind-the-scenes talks had been expected on China building a one-gigawatt nuclear power plant as part of Pakistani plans to produce 8,000 megawatts of electricity by 2025 to make up its energy shortfall.

The nuclear-armed Muslim nation, with a population of 167 million, produces only 80 percent of its electricity needs, starving industry that has slumped in the face of recession and three years of Taliban-linked bombings.

Pakistan imposed blanket security for Wen's visit, which coincided with a public holiday and the weekend, determined that suicide attacks and bombings that have killed 4,000 people since 2007 would not mar the occasion.

"Pakistan has rendered invaluable sacrifices in the war against terror," Wen said, urging the international community to respect Islamabad's efforts after leaked diplomatic cables showed US officials doubt the commitment of Pakistani politicians to fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

"We should not link terrorism to any specific religion or nation, and avoid pursuing double standards while dealing with the issue. We should rather focus on the root causes of terrorism and ways to eliminate them," he added.

Wen inaugurated a 35-million-dollar cultural centre built as a monument to Pakistani-Chinese friendship and held talks with opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and senior figures in the military, which depends on China for hardware.

But local analysts recognise that China's support comes at a price -- a price that could increase as Beijing edges closer to superpower status.

"China will expect Pakistan to be more forthright in counter-terrorism," said political analyst Hasan Askari.

"It has worries about militancy in western China", where it wants to develop Kashgar city into a major industrial and economic centre, he added.

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[Gallant]

CHodhry Nisar oppositions leader in his speech said 'Its the first time in my long political career that the whole national assembly is complete with ministers, defence force chiefs and judges have ALL arrived at 8am sharp for convention of parliment and Chinese PM's speech' Usually many members are late and the convention does not even begin until 11am. Turly shows you how much importance our country pays to China.


Give credit where its due. It was quite an impressive hosting of Chinese PM that he will remember for years. Complete with JF-17 aerial escort to farewell speech. This time everybody put their differences aside (politicians, parties, defence forces, judiciary and establishment).

[Magnus]

Wen Visits Pakistan to Revive Road-Rail Network From China to Persian Gulf

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao traveled to Pakistan today for a visit that officials say may revive a planned road-rail network linking China to the Persian Gulf.

Pakistan also hopes to sign business agreements valued at $20 billion with executives from companies traveling with Wen, Defense Minister Chaudhary Mukhtar Ahmed, said yesterday. The Chinese leader was greeted with a 21-gun salute upon arrival at an airbase outside Islamabad, Pakistan Television said.

Wen and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet today to discuss how to make the Chinese-built port of Gwadar operational, Gilani told journalists on Dec. 15, according to the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan. The port, which lacks a rail or multi-lane highway link to the rest of Pakistan, is envisioned as the terminus of a transport corridor that would carry Middle Eastern oil and other goods to western China.

Chinese engineers have finished a feasibility study for a railroad and pipeline from Gwadar to the western Chinese city of Kashgar. It would follow the route of the China-built Karakoram Highway, a Chinese specialist on Pakistan, Li Xiguang, wrote on Dec. 14 in the Global Times, an English-language website controlled by the ruling Communist Party’s official newspaper.

A transport corridor to Gwadar “will provide China with the shortest possible route to the oil-rich Middle East, replacing the dangerous maritime route” around Southeast Asia, Li wrote.

Transport Troubles

Gwadar is currently connected to the business hub of Karachi and the rest of Pakistan by a 450-kilometer (280-mile) road, most of it two lanes, that has suffered repeated flood damage in recent years. “Poor road connectivity” limits its traffic to no more than three ships at a time, said Faisal Jawaid of port operator PSA Gwadar Ltd., a unit of Singapore- based PSA International.

Wen flew to Pakistan from New Delhi, where he and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to boost bilateral trade by two-thirds to $100 billion by 2015. The leaders omitted any mention of tensions between their countries over China’s close ties with Pakistan, with which India has fought three wars, two of them over the disputed territory of Kashmir.

Gilani told reporters that Pakistan faces no threat from the growing China-India relationship, the APP said. Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has been a regular traveler to China since heading there for his first state visit after being elected in September 2008.

Reactor Concern

The budding bilateral relationship has triggered U.S. concern over China’s plan to add two nuclear reactors to a power-plant complex in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The U.S. has said China should get approval from the 46-country Nuclear Suppliers’ Group, which works to avoid the uncontrolled spread of nuclear technology.

Pakistan may seek Chinese investment in five state-owned enterprises and offer to host an electric-car manufacturing plant, its industries ministry said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. “Some of the areas of investment include steel, automobile, electronics and domestic appliances,” it said

The ministry said it hopes Chinese businesses may put money into Heavy Mechanical Complex Ltd., a builder of armored vehicles for Pakistan’s military based in Taxila, near Islamabad, the Haripur-based Heavy Electrical Complex Ltd., and the Pakistan Machine Tool Factory and Pakistan Engineering Co. Ltd., which are both based in Karachi.

Wen will lay the ground for the opening of a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Li wrote. He is also set to address Pakistan’s National Assembly.

To contact the reporter on this story: James Rupert in New Delhi at jrupert3@bloomberg.net; Khurrum Anis in Karachi, Pakistan kkhan14@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Bill Austin at billaustin@bloomberg.net,

http://www.bloomberg...rsian-gulf.html

[Magnus]

Chinese Premier Praises Pakistan

By SALMAN MASOOD
Published: December 19, 2010

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China praised Pakistan’s efforts to combat terrorism and promised to further advance the two countries’ strategic partnership and economic cooperation in a speech to the Parliament on Sunday, which capped his three-day visit to Pakistan.

Mr. Wen’s pledges for greater cooperation came a day after China and Pakistan signed $15 billion worth of trade deals, bringing the total value of the agreements signed during his trip to $30 billion over the next five years.

The Pakistan government said the two countries had agreed to widen the Chinese-built Karakoram Highway to facilitate trade, and China said it would give more support in the energy sector.

A joint communiqué by both countries pledged to advance mutual cooperation in security and military fields, energy, transportation, space technology, banking, infrastructure development, heavy machinery manufacturing, cultural exchange and finance.

Addressing the Pakistan-China Business Summit in Islamabad on Saturday, Mr. Wen noted that Pakistan and China had trade worth just $1 billion in 2002, but that rose to $6.8 billion in 2009. He expressed the desire to expand trade between the two countries, which signed a free-trade agreement in 2006, to $10 billion as soon as possible.

In addition to being a trading partner, Pakistan is a close ally of China, and the mutual admiration and appreciation was at full display during Mr. Wen’s speech to the special joint session of the Parliament on Sunday — the first by any Chinese leader — as lawmakers welcomed Mr. Wen with a standing ovation and kept thumping their desks in a gesture of approval.

“To cement and advance the all- weather strategic partnership of cooperation between China and Pakistan is our common strategic choice,” Mr. Wen said.

He praised Pakistan’s sacrifices in combating terrorism and extremism, words that were in stark contrast to warnings from Washington that Pakistan needed to act more aggressively against insurgents.

“Pakistan has paid a heavy price in combating terrorism. The fight against terrorism should not be linked with any religion or ethnic group, and there should be no double standards,” Mr. Wen said as lawmakers burst into applause.

“The international community should affirm that and give great support as well as respect the path of development chosen by Pakistan,” he added.

Mr. Wen said China believed that Pakistan would benefit from the bilateral trade deals and increase its exports to China. As further proof of China’s intentions to strengthen its economic ties with Pakistan, he pointed to plans by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, one of the largest lenders in the world, to open branches in Pakistan, and he said China may explore a currency swap deal with Pakistan.

“Greater financial cooperation between China and Pakistan will provide a strong support for in-depth and sustained growth of our economic and trade ties,” Mr. Wen said.

The Chinese prime minister made no mention of India, the estranged neighbor of Pakistan, but he suggested that China would continue to support Pakistan. Pakistan sees China as a counterweight to India in the region, and China’s close ties with Pakistan have become a source of growing discontent in New Delhi.

Mr. Wen said that the strategic partnership between China and Pakistan was “in conformity with the national interests of the peoples of the two countries. It would help promote peace, stability and prosperity of the region.”

“You have a saying in Pakistan: ‘A good neighbor is a blessing,”‘

Mr. Wen said. “We have a saying that a close neighbor means more than a distant relative.”

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the opposition leader in the Pakistani Parliament, in turn, profusely thanked the Chinese government for its continuous support to his country.

In a lighter tone, Mr. Khan noted that “in my living memory the house has never met this early in the morning” for Mr. Wen’s 9:30 a.m. speech. “It is a huge and laborious exercise to get members here this early in the morning. This is a reflection of the love and esteem of our people for China,” Mr. Khan said.

“We are mired in a lot of controversies,” Mr. Khan said. “But on one issue there is no controversy, and that is our friendship with China.”

A sign of this unity over China was displayed on Saturday as leaders of Pakistan’s major political parties, the chief ministers of its four provinces, and armed services chiefs met Mr. Wen in Islamabad at a dinner reception hosted by President Asif Ali Zardari.

Mr. Zardari places special importance on the relationship with China and has visited the country several times since becoming the head of state in 2008.

Aside from the value of the trade deals signed during Mr. Wen’s visit, the trip injected much-needed confidence into Pakistan, said Mosharraf Zaidi, an political analyst and development expert based in Islamabad.

“Pakistan’s a country badly in need of self-confidence,” he said.

“China’s very comprehensive and clear support for Pakistan, and its economy, is a boost to that confidence.”

Second, he said, Mr. Wen’s visit highlighted the weaknesses in Pakistan’s relationship with the United States. “No one, including the Americans, is talking about U.S. businesses investing in Pakistan,” he said.

“Ironically, there is a huge imbalance, just in terms of trade, with China enjoying almost an $3.5 billion trade surplus with Pakistan.

But the overall optics of this trip are a total contrast to how Pakistanis see U.S. assistance.”

http://www.nytimes.c...pstan.html?_r=1

Edited by Magnus, 19 December 2010 - 10:21 AM.

[Simpleton]

China's Growing Influence on Pakistan Worries U.S.

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 19, 2010

China's premier Wen Jiabao concluded a high profile visit to Pakistan on Sunday, promising to lay the foundation for a "deeper" relationship to a country which is central to U.S. efforts for stabilizing Afghanistan.

Wen sought to broaden a relationship which has traditionally been driven by Beijing's role as a key supplier of military hardware to Islamabad. Pakistan's government officials said that during Wen's visit, China signed business deals between the governments and private businesses of the two countries worth at least $29 billion, with a possibility of another $6 billion worth of contracts. These contracts were the largest ever signed during a visit by a foreign leader to Pakistan, underlining the growing importance of the country to China.

The Chinese premier also used a speech to a joint session of Pakistan's upper and lower houses of parliament to commend the country for its efforts against terrorism. It was an apparent effort to negate criticism from the western world, including the U.S., which has urged Islamabad to take further steps against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

"Pakistan has given great sacrifices and made great efforts in the fight against terrorism. It is a reality and the international community should respect Pakistan's efforts," Wen said.

While the U.S. has poured billions of dollars into Pakistan to assist in combating terrorist groups, Pakistan's military and civilian leaders remain committed to retaining a close alliance with China. "Let's stand together, with a new confidence, and begin a new era of progress and prosperity, by jointly confronting all challenges," Wen said in his speech on Sunday. To the applause of Pakistan's ruling and opposition politicians, the Chinese continued that "China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic partners and share the sorrows and joys of each other as close brothers."

A senior Pakistani official told CBS News that the deals signed during Wen's visit included contracts for the development of a road and train network linking the two countries, for mineral resources, for gas and oil fields and for facilities to produce electronics.

"China is beginning to launch an important new phase to help Pakistan transform itself economically," said the official, who spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to talk to journalists. "Unlike our western friends such as the U.S., China remains a true friend of Pakistan," he added.

Western diplomats in Islamabad who spoke to CBS News, also on condition of anonymity, said Pakistan's relations with China remain of concern to Washington in some areas, notably China's continued support for Pakistan's nuclear energy program and signs that China is stepping up its supply of conventional military hardware to Pakistan.

In the past decade, the two countries have jointly developed their first fighter plane for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), known as the JF-17, or "Thunder." The PAF plans to buy up to 250 of the JF-17s, making it the largest-ever purchase by the PAF of a single type of aircraft. On the other hand, Pakistani leaders frequently speak of the trust factor in their country's relations with China, an oblique reference to the lack thereof in the country's ties with the U.S.

In the 1990s, the U.S. sanctioned Pakistan on suspicions that the country was preparing to produce nuclear weapons, which reversed the two sides' close cooperation when they confronted the occupation of Afghanistan by the former Soviet Union. While those sanctions were lifted after 9/11, which prompted a new partnership against terrorism, many Pakistanis remain skeptical of ties to the U.S. But a Pakistani foreign ministry official who spoke to CBS News said a growing economic relationship with China "will not come at the expense of our relations with the U.S. We want to establish and maintain a close partnership with the U.S. Our relations with China must never be seen as a replacement for our relations with the U.S."

[Felicius]

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Pakistan, China sign $35bn deals
Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:56AM

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani

Pakistan and China have inked a number of economic agreements worth 35 billion dollars during a visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Islamabad.

The energy, security, banking and technology deals were signed in the presence of Pakistani Premier Yousaf Reza Gilani and his visiting Chinese counterpart in Islamabad on Saturday.

The agreements also pave the way for China to increase its investment in Pakistan by $30 billion over the next five years, Islamabad said.

Addressing a Pakistan-China Business Cooperation Summit in Islamabad, Wen hailed the growing cooperation between the two neighbors.

The Chinese premier also told Pakistani lawmakers on Sunday that both states should develop their “strategic cooperative partnership.”

"To cement and advance the all-weather strategic partnership of cooperation between China and Pakistan is our common strategic choice," China's Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying.

The Pakistani government announced special incentives for Chinese investors -- including duty free import of plants and machinery.

China is the main supplier of military hardware to Pakistan. The new deals came as Sino-Pakistani trade has notched up a six-fold increase compared to 2000, now standing at $7 billion.

The two sides plan to more than double that figure to $18 billion by 2015.

However, Pakistani officials believe the amount of bilateral trade with China pales beside what Beijing has accomplished with their arch rival, India.

During his visit to New Delhi on Thursday, Wen agreed to double bilateral trade to 100 billion dollars by 2015.

The Chinese prime minister wrapped up his three-day visit to Pakistan on Sunday.

[BaburMissile]

China's Growing Influence on Pakistan Worries U.S.

A taste of bitterness and jealousy perhaps. Pakistan will choose its own allies and the US certainly doesn't belong in that particular group. Pakistan has a transactional relationship with the US and vice versa. A so-called relationship full of mistrust and misgivings. We want to put an end to a hypocritical relationship. China on the other hand is a proven all-weather friend that doesn't blame and ask to do more. China delivers and acknowledges the sacrifices made by Pakistan.

[Munir]

China's Growing Influence on Pakistan Worries U.S.

A taste of bitterness and jealousy perhaps. Pakistan will choose its own allies and the US certainly doesn't belong in that particular group. Pakistan has a transactional relationship with the US and vice versa. A so-called relationship full of mistrust and misgivings. We want to put an end to a hypocritical relationship. China on the other hand is a proven all-weather friend that doesn't blame and ask to do more. China delivers and acknowledges the sacrifices made by Pakistan.

Well, the developend nations stole enough from Africa till China started investing there... Now the same will happen with Pakistan. Painful for the west but reality cause there is no single patriotic Pakistani that beliefs the words of a certain side. Giving carrots but giving nukes over the border... Yeah that is indeed not even a good weather friend. That is logical someone that will sell his mother to earn cash. The mother was the NPT this time.

[waz]

offer to host an electric-car manufacturing plant,

Excellent.

[aziqbal]

What does this gesture symbolize? ^^^

Many consider Pakistan as " China's Israel"

please dont swear at Sino-Pak friends like that, Israel is a US dog whereas Sino-Pak are brother nations for peace in the world

Photo from inside the Chinese Premier plane.

vaat a shot yaar made my day with this one

where have all the Indians gone all died of a heartattack?

[Jazba-e-Kashmir]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China are in regular contacts to firm up dates for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Islamabad next month to witness the signing of about 14 investment agreements of over $10 billion.

 

In Islamabad, Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong met Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to discuss economic cooperation, says an official statement.

 

“We are happy to see Pakistan-China Economic Corridor moving ahead smoothly,” the statement quoted the ambassador.

 

Also read: China asks Pakistan to submit details of all development projects

 

He said the ongoing third round of the Pakistan-China Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) was in progress in Beijing and large projects in energy and infrastructure sectors would be taken up with the help of the Chinese government. He said China would continue to take the relations to higher levels. He praised Pakistan’s support for the Asia Infrastructure Development Bank by becoming one of its founding members.

 

In Beijing, meanwhile, a JCC meeting also discussed agreements to be signed during the Chinese president’s visit. Under the agreements, China would provide financial assistance for 14 energy projects and four major infrastructure projects, including Karakoram Highway Phase-II, development of Gwadar Port and Lahore-Karachi Motorway.

 

The Pakistani delegation to Beijing includes Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal and federal secretaries.

 

Mr Shahbaz Sharif said President Xi’s visit would be of “extraordinary importance”.

 

He said during the visit the Chinese president would inspect the ongoing power and infrastructure projects and lay the foundation of new projects.

 

He said contractors for the Orange Line Metro Train project in Karachi would be selected soon.

 

Mr Ahsan Iqbal said the construction of Khunjerab-Gwadar Motorway would result in wide-ranging economic cooperation in the region.

 

Dr Abdul Malik Baloch said that the process of acquisition of land for Gwadar Port had been completed. He said the law and order situation had improved over the past year and Balochistan would soon see a new era of progress and development.

 

APP adds: In Beijing, the Pakistani and Chinese officials reached a consensus to complete several short-term energy- and transport-related projects by 2017.

 

The consensus arrived at a meeting of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

 

According to a statement of the Pakistan embassy in China, the meeting was co-chaired by Hu Zucai, Vice Chairman National Development and Reform Commission of China, and Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal.

 

Mr Iqbal said a consensus had been reached on several power projects, adding that under the agreement 9,000 megawatts of electricity would be made available in the country by 2017-18.

 

He said Chinese companies would construct the Karachi-Lahore Motorway and the Multan-Sukkur section of the motorway on built, operate and transfer basis.

 

At Gwadar, he said, a modern airport would be built and a hospital and training facility and industrial parks would be set up.

 

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China to help Pakistan complete uplift projects

 

BEIJING: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has already announced Vision 2025 for rapid development of Pakistan adding that he is visualising completion of this vision with the cooperation of China within the stipulated time.

He expressed these views at the third session of Pak-China Joint Working Group held in Beijing on Wednesday to review progress on the proposed mega development project in Pakistan.

Ahsan Iqbal led Pakistani side while Chinese Vice President for Reforms Commission for National Development Xu Shaoshi represented his country. 

In his remarks, Ahsan Iqbal said that Pakistan wants to finalise financial aspects of Pak-China corridor by the end of this year so that physical work on the project could be launched.

He said Pakistan appreciates Chinese assistance for economic development and hope that the forthcoming visit of Chinese President to Islamabad will help expedite pace of our economic progress. He said the government is paying special attention on the completion of mega projects in energy, transport and infrastructure development sectors. He expressed the confidence that Pakistan will be able to complete these mega projects up to 2018. In his remarks, Chinese Vice President Xu Shaoshi said his country wants to expedite development process in the region in collaboration with Pakistan. He said China would continue to work with Pakistan for completion of its development projects.

He said the Chinese government and private electric companies with continue to work for enhancing power generation in Pakistan to mitigate energy crisis. He said China wants to ensure sustainable progress on all mega development projects in Pakistan in the coming years.

 

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[Jazba-e-Kashmir]

The visit has been cancelled due to the demonstration