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ISLAMABAD: Chinese investors would set up an industrial park and livestock farm in Pakistan under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. This was stated by Director Tianjin Building Materials Industry Association Xu Jingling while addressing business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI). She visited ICCI leading an 11-member delegation of Chinese entrepreneurs for exploring business partners for ...

By: Yousaf Ajab Baloch ISLAMABAD: The colorful ten-day folk festival  at Lok Virsa in Capital City Islamabad provided a platform  to all the four provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir for showing their wonderful local and regional stalls. The grand celebration included Live Theater, artisans at work, traditional apparel, food; music and cultural dance. Around 500 artists, singers and artisans participate ...

HYDERABAD:  Speakers at an international conference on CPEC here Wednesday called on the Sindh government and public sector universities to produce skilled manpower for mega projects being launched the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Presenting research papers on the second day of three-day international conference, they said the CPEC was a game changer for Pakistan and a key to the economic ...

By: Syed Anwar Zaib Plans for Pakistan-China Economic Cooperation (CPEC) in strategic spheres appear to have developed in the mid-2000s with the proposal to create an Economic Corridor from Gwadar in Balochistan to Kashgar in the Western Chinese province of Sinkiang. Two necessary conditions of the Corridor were and are development of the port at Gwadar and creating surface transport ...

By: Aziz Ejaz QUETTA: Baloch Students Action Committee has warned to expand the level of hunger strike if government continues to show negligence towards initiating classes in new medical colleges of the province. The students began the strike on 10th April and activists from social society, political parties, student organizations, doctor forums and students of various institutes visited the camp ...

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan government is taking steps for promotion of fisheries sector so that the province could be self-sufficient in production of white meat. An official of Balochistan Fisheries Department told media Quetta on Thursday that a project for construction of a Jetty and fish harbour at Damb area of Lasbela district is being executed at a cost of more than ...

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday said that Vision 2025 aimed to put Pakistan in top 25 economies by 2025. He said according to a study published recently, Pakistan would be amongst top 20 economies by 2030 and top 10 economies by 2050. He said that with the passage of time all the critics were ...

 Mardan: A 23-year-old   student of Journalism in Khan Abdul Wali Khan University in city of Mardan   was killed by a vigilante mob for allegedly “publishing blasphemous content online”,  in university compound,  local police said Thursday. The alleged   student named as Mashal Khan was regular student of Journalism. The campus was shut down following the incident until further notice and ...

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday announced special scholarships for the LLB & LLM students of Balochistan province.  Every year, scholarships would be given to 20 students from the province under the auspices of Higher Education Commission (HEC), he said while talking to a delegation of Young Lawyers from Balochistan, who called on him here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, according to ...

  By: Sima Sahar ISLAMABAD: National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) on Tuesday arranged special event to pay tribute to the legendary folk singers of the country by inviting the next generations of them. Executive Director Lok Virsa Dr. Fouzia Saeed in her welcome remarks paid rich tribute to the legendary folk singers including Khamesoo Khan, Faiz ...