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The Earth Sciences Auditorium at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) was alive with enthusiasm on October 29 as “China Film Week” officially kicked off, a tribute hosted by the China Cultural Center in Pakistan to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan. The opening ceremony drew a massive crowd of over 800 attendees, including university officials, faculty, students and members of the local community, a turnout that underscored the depth of public interest in Chinese culture and the strength of people-to-people ties between the two countries. Addressing the audience, organizers highlighted the power of cinema as…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday inaugurated the revamped Pakistan-China Friendship Hospital here and directed the authorities to ensure provision of free, quality healthcare to patients from across the country at the facility, stressing that public resources must be utilised to serve humanity rather than allowed to go to waste through institutional neglect. The prime minister toured the newly renovated facility, received a briefing from Minister of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Syed Mustafa Kamal and interacted with patients, reaffirming his government’s commitment to ensuring free treatment through professionally managed healthcare facilities. Originally gifted by China during the COVID-19…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on Thursday, emphasising stronger bilateral relations between Pakistan and Turkiye, called for an economic partnership to match the political and strategic bond between the two brotherly nations. He was speaking as chief guest at a reception here marking the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkiye. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, federal ministers and parliamentarians attended the event. In his address, PM Shehbaz Sharif congratulated President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish government and the Turkish people. He said that under Erdogan’s leadership, Turkiye had become an economic powerhouse, a pioneer…

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has stressed the need to promote Party building in emerging sectors in a resolution adopted at a plenary session of the CPC Central Committee, an official said on Friday. The CPC will step up efforts to expand and deepen the coverage of Party organizations and Party work in new types of economic and social organizations, as well as among groups in new forms of employment, so as to strengthen the Party’s appeal, cohesiveness and influence in emerging fields, said Huang Jianfa, deputy head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. Huang made…

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has outlined four areas of focus for steadfastly following a distinctive Chinese path to combating corruption in a resolution adopted at a plenary session of the CPC Central Committee, a senior anti-graft official said Friday. The four areas include maintaining a tough stance against corruption, strengthening checks on and oversight over the exercise of power, fortifying the cultural-ethical foundations for championing integrity and disdaining corruption, and enhancing coordinated efforts to prevent corruption by rooting out audacity, opportunity, and desire. Zhang Fuhai, deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC and…

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has played a decisive role in drafting the Party leadership’s Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPC on Certain Major Issues concerning Persevering with Full and Rigorous Party Self-Governance, a senior official said on Friday. Hailing the resolution as the most important outcome of the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, Tang Fangyu, head of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee, said the drafting of the resolution was carried out under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee, with Xi…

The Chinese Defense Ministry on Thursday slammed the so-called US-Japan joint exercises, stressing that Japan’s insistence on stoking bloc confrontation finds no support. According to reports, the US and Japan recently held the “Keen Sword 27” joint exercise, the largest iteration of the series to date, focusing on island-seizure operations. The Japan Self-Defense Forces deployed Type 25 Surface-to-Ship Guided Missiles during the exercise. In addition, the US Marine Corps’ Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System was deployed for the first time on Yonaguni Island, the Japanese island closest to China’s Taiwan region. In response to the military exercise, Ministry spokesperson Zhang…

BEIJING (ID NEWS) : Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan has called for stronger international partnerships in vocational education, technical training, and youth employment, emphasizing the importance of aligning educational programmes with industrial needs to create sustainable economic opportunities for young people. Addressing the Belt and Road International Industry-Education Cooperation Forum, Rana Mashhood said Pakistan was committed to developing practical and sustainable partnerships with international counterparts to promote youth empowerment, industrial upgrading, and shared economic prosperity. On behalf of the Government of Pakistan, he congratulated the organizers on convening the forum and expressed appreciation to…

The United States has opened a new diplomatic channel with one of Iran’s prominent hard-line figures in an effort to revive negotiations, even as Trump continues to warn that military action could resume if Tehran fails to meet Washington’s demands. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Axios, Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, focusing on restarting ceasefire negotiations and establishing a framework for talks rather than presenting a concrete peace treaty. The WSJ first reported that Vance had sent the letter to Rezaei, citing US officials and people familiar with…

Iran is seeking to accelerate implementation of a proposed agreement with the United States, with discussions under way over reopening the Strait of Hormuz, lifting the US naval blockade and resuming international inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities. Sources told Al Arabiya English on Wednesday that regional mediators are exploring a meeting in Turkey before November 4 in an effort to restart negotiations and avert another round of military confrontation. The latest Iranian proposal aims to reduce the implementation period of the proposed agreement from seven days to four, according to sources cited by Al Arabiya English. The plan reportedly covers…