Tag: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to visit China next week to further boost bilateral ties

May 31, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will embark on a five-day visit to China on June 4 to further strengthen bilateral ties,” the Foreign Office announced on May 31, as the all-weather allies seek to upgrade cooperation under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “Sharif…

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Pakistan to seek rollover of $12 billion debt to meet budget targets before IMF team’s arrival

May 10, 2024 admin

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan has decided to seek a rollover of around $12 billion debt from key allies such as China in the 2024-25 fiscal year to meet a whopping $23 billion worth of gap in its external financing as the federal government aims to achieve budget targets before the expected…

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Pakistan’s military says recent suicide attack that killed 5 Chinese was planned in Afghanistan

May 7, 2024 admin

Police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, district in the Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s military on May 7 said a suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver in March was planned in neighbouring Afghanistan and that…

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China refuses to further expand cooperation with Pak in energy, water, climate under CPEC

September 26, 2023 admin

China has refused to further expand cooperation in the areas of energy, water management, and climate change under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), it emerged on September 25, signalling a strain in the ‘ironclad’ friendship between the two all-weather allies. Cash-strapped Pakistan also gave up its opposition to setting up a new imported…

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