Thursday, January 21st, 2021
Infrastructural improvement under CPEC paves the way establishing SEZs
Islamabad, Jan. 21 : With the significant infrastructural improvement due to investments made under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has shifted its focus to the development of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Industrial Zones. It will pay the way of creating clusters of industrial excellence and to start the growth of industries, Gwadar Pro reported on Thursday. Recently the KP’s cabinet passed the revised “Industrial Policy 2020”, which supports human resource development, innovation and creates a supply chain to capitalize on many potential opportunitiesRead More
Former Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing takes up a new post in Xinjiang
BEIJING,Jan.21 : Yao Jing, Former Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, was appointed as the director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Gwadar Pro reported on Thursday. Born in April 1969, Yao Jing holds a Master Degree in law, and previously served as the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan between 2017 and 2020. Yao Jing has served in Pakistan thrice and stayed in Islamabad for 11 years in aggregate, during which he has played a great role in further strengthening Pak-China ties. As the startingRead More
Regional Realignments around Pakistan
Iqbal Khan Speaking at a joint press conference after the meeting, titled ‘Islamabad Declaration’, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi reiterated the brotherly relations of Pakistan with Turkey and Azerbaijan, saying the three countries had resolved to enhance cooperation amongst them.Pakistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan are members of Economic Cooperation Organization—an Asian political and economic intergovernmental organization which was founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. In 1992, in the aftermath of the collapse of Soviet Union, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and six former Soviet Republics,Read More