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ISLAMABAD  : Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to enhancing development cooperation with China under the Belt and Road and Global Development Initiatives during a meeting with Luo Zhaohui, Director of China International Development Cooperation Agency, in Kunming. He praised China’s platform for regional collaboration and leadership in advancing the blue economy, while Luo highlighted strong bilateral ties, leadership consensus, and Pakistan’s active participation in the forum over the past three years.

URUMQI :Pakistan Ambassador to China, Khalil Hashmi said that Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region role in bilateral relationship between Pakistan and China is pivotal. As a neighboring region, it has always been a gateway for trade, culture, and cooperation between our peoples. Today, Xinjiang stands as a vital node of President Xi Belt and Road Initiative, of which China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is the pioneering project. He made these remarks while addressing at the International Symposium on Employment and Social Security in Xinjiang. Ma Xingrui, Secretary of CPC Committee of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Erkin Tuniyaz, Chairman of People Government of Xinjiang…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the seventh foreign ministers’ meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) via video link on Tuesday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said that as a founding member of CICA, China actively participates in the CICA process, always supports the development of CICA and will continue to do so. Emphasizing that ensuring security, promoting development, pursuing cooperation and seeking win-win results are the urgent aspirations of the overwhelming majority of countries, Wang called on CICA to play…

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has emphasized the need to strengthen enforcement procedures, improve methods and enhance supervision to boost the quality and effectiveness of administrative law enforcement. Li made the remarks at a study session held by the State Council on Monday. Abuse of administrative discretion and unfair law enforcement still exist in some sectors and regions, the premier noted. It is important to start with the issues that are of grave concern to the public and businesses, further improve the system of benchmarks for administrative discretion and standardize the exercise of power, he added. A special initiative will be…

China hopes Syria will achieve peace and restore stability as soon as possible, and it is ready to play a constructive role to that end, a Chinese envoy said on Tuesday. “Recently, the situation in Syria has undergone drastic changes, to which China pays great attention,” Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said in his remarks at the United Nations Security Council briefing on Syria. “It is imperative to stabilize the security situation,” Geng stressed, calling on all parties concerned in Syria to exercise calm and restraint, refrain from actions that may escalate the situation, and…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged China’s southernmost province of Hainan to strive toward writing a new chapter in advancing Chinese modernization. President Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks after listening to work reports from the CPC Hainan provincial committee and the provincial government on Tuesday afternoon. Xi commended Hainan’s achievements in various areas of its work and put forward clear requirements for the province’s work in the future. He urged the province to focus closely on its strategic positioning as a pilot…

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday threatened to launch a protest drive if the government further delayed the matter and refused to notify Societies Registration (Amendment) Act 2024 passed by both houses of parliament. Addressing the National Assembly session, Fazl said legislation on the bill regarding madaris was made after the government expressed satisfaction on it. Whereas, the matter of registration of madaris in the Ministry of Education was part of an agreement, not an act, he added. “As per the agreement, the government would cooperate in the registration of new madaris. There was an agreement…

The District Sessions Court of Islamabad has extended the interim bails of PTI founder and Bushra Bibi in multiple cases until January 7. The court heard the bail applications for one case against Bushra Bibi and six cases against the PTI founder. Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka presided over the hearing. During the proceedings, junior lawyers represented the defendants, stating that senior counsel, currently occupied with a case in Adiala Jail, could not attend the session. The court deferred its decision on Bushra Bibi’s bail request and extended the interim bail of both Bushra Bibi and the PTI founder…

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Tuesday stated that the civil disobedience movement will commence only after receiving instructions from PTI founder Imran Khan. Speaking to the media in Peshawar, Gandapur stressed his readiness to implement the movement based on Khan’s directives, adding that it would be carried out as soon as the orders were given. Gandapur also expressed frustration over his recent inability to meet Imran Khan, who is currently incarcerated. He revealed that when he attempted to meet the PTI leader at Adiala Jail, he was denied access. “I was told that I was not allowed…

OpenAI has announced that it is rolling out a new upgrade to its ChatGPT service –  making its AI-powered internet search available to all users –  a move that intensifies the competition with Google’s long-standing dominance in the search engine market. Previously available only to paying subscribers, the search functionality has now been extended to free users, enabling them to access real-time information from across the web. This new feature allows ChatGPT to provide users with fast, up-to-date answers, complete with links to relevant web sources – a capability that traditionally relied on conventional search engines like Google. Kevin Weil,…