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Pakistan Embassy in Beijing today celebrated the National Day in a befitting manner. A flag-hoisting ceremony was held which was attended by members of the Embassy, Pakistani diaspora and their families. Ambassador of Pakistan to China, H.E. Mr. Khalil Hashmi, hoisted the national flag and spoke on the occasion. Messages of the President, the Prime Minister, and the Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister of Pakistan were read out during the ceremony. Ambassador Khalil Hashmi extended his felicitations to the Pakistani community in China. He underscored the continuing significance of the three cardinal principles outlined by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah—Unity, Faith, and…

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Monday attended the China-Kenya Business Forum in Nairobi, where he reaffirmed China’s commitment to expanding trade with Kenya and the wider African region. Han said that in April last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto jointly agreed to elevate bilateral ties to a China-Kenya community with a shared future for the new era, setting the direction for the long-term development of relations. The Chinese vice president put forward three proposals to strengthen bilateral ties. First, to consolidate strategic mutual trust. China stands ready to strengthen alignment between its development strategies and…

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met with Jonathan Powell, the British prime minister’s national security adviser, in Beijing on Monday. The two sides exchanged views on the situation in Iran, the Ukraine crisis and other issues. Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, said UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s historic and successful visit to China in January has received positive responses from both countries and the international community. This shows that building a long-term, consistent and comprehensive strategic partnership between…

Every morning, 70-year-old Wang Helai and his wife stroll along the newly restored Longquan River trail near their home in Hebei Province’s Xiongan New Area. What was once a fragmented, littered dry channel is now a clear waterway lined with greenery. After the walk, they head straight to the community cafeteria in their compound, where meals are tailored for seniors and offer discounts for those over 60. Their daughter, who runs a nearby gym, often volunteers in the community. For the family, education, healthcare, shopping, and recreation are all within a 15-minute radius. This seamless “15-minute life circle” captures how…

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has called for efforts to build the Xiongan New Area in north China’s Hebei Province into an innovation hub in the new era and a model of promoting high-quality development. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected the Xiongan New Area on Monday, where he also chaired a symposium on further advancing the high-quality construction and development of the new area. He emphasized the need to firmly uphold Xiongan New Area’s primary functional positioning as the major recipient of functions relieved from…

Pakistan Day was marked across the country on Monday with traditional zeal and patriotic fervour, albeit with simple ceremonies in line with austerity measures announced by the government in light of the ongoing Gulf oil crisis. Pakistan Day, observed on March 23 every year, commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940, when the All-India Muslim League demanded a separate nation for the Muslims of the British Indian Empire. Last week, the federal government announced austerity measures to cope with the situation that emerged due to the US-Israel war on Iran, which has led to a global…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued a strong warning in response to what he described as “reckless statements and irresponsible threats” against Iran, saying the country is prepared to respond decisively. In an official message, Pezeshkian said that repeated threats to eliminate Iran or “wipe it off the map” demonstrate the frustration of its adversaries, particularly the United States. He emphasized that such language would not weaken Iran, but instead reinforce national unity and resilience. “The enemy’s threats make us stronger and more united,” he said, adding that Iran would not remain passive in the face of escalating rhetoric. The…

Pope Leo on Sunday said death and suffering caused by the war in the Middle East are a “scandal to the whole human family”, renewing his plea for an immediate ceasefire. As the US-Israeli war on Iran enters ⁠its fourth week, the first US pope said that he continues to follow with “dismay” the situation in the Middle East and in other regions torn apart by war and violence. “We cannot remain silent in the face of the ⁠suffering of so many people, the defenceless victims of these conflicts. What hurts them hurts the whole of humanity,” ⁠Leo said at…

Iran will completely shut the strategic Strait of Hormuz if US President Trump executes threats to target Iranian energy facilities, the country’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Sunday. Trump on Saturday threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48-hours, suggesting a significant escalation barely a day after he talked about “winding down” the war, now in its fourth week. In their Sunday statement Iran’s Revolutionary Guards also said companies with US shares will be ‘completely destroyed’, if Iranian energy facilities were targeted by Washington and energy facilities in…

China  launched a Smart Dragon-3 (also known as Jielong-3) carrier rocket from waters near the eastern province of Shandong, sending a new group of satellites into a preset orbit. The rocket, carrying the satellite group CentiSpace 02, blasted off at 11:49 p.m. from the sea near the Haiyang City. The offshore launch mission was conducted by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The rocket is a four-stage solid-propellant commercial rocket developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. It is mainly used for deploying spacecraft into sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) and low-Earth orbit. It can deliver 1,500 kilograms of payload to…