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  ISLAMABAD, May 6 (Gwadar Pro) - China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is developing Gilgit Baltistan and giving it a modern look, Gilgit Baltistan Chief Minister Muhammad Khalid Khurseed said on Wednesday afternoon.   In a meeting with Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin here, the CM said with help of Iron Brother China and Pakistan’s federal government, GB will make steady progress.   The Chief Minister GB and his team also discussed budget proposals during the meet...

  LAHORE, May 6 (Gwadar Pro) - Finance Minister of Punjab, Pakistan Makhdoom Hashim Javan Bakht said on Wednesday afternoon that the province’s agriculture sector was being groomed with the help of Iron Brother China.   Chairing a pre-budget consultative meeting with leading economists under the Sub-National Governance Programme (SNG) here, the minister said the government had sought Chinese technology to improve the agriculture sector and Beijing was generously cooperating.   “The devel...

The Russian government said Wednesday it has approved a bill on the countrys withdrawal from the arms-control Treaty on Open Skies and will submit the document to President Vladimir Putin.   As the legal procedure requires, Putin will then submit the bill to the parliament for deliberation and approval, and finally sign it into law, officially terminating Russias participation in the treaty.   The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Jan. 15 that the country had started domestic procedures f...

A tourist takes photos of an ice cream in the shape of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, capital of China, May 4, 2021. Official data showed 230 million domestic tourist trips were made during the five-day Labor Day holiday, up 119.7 percent from last year. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)   China saw a total of 230 million domestic tourist trips during the five-day May Day holiday, up 119.7 percent from last year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Wedn...

The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported five new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.   Of the cases, two each were reported in Sichuan and Yunnan, and one in Guangdong, the commission said.   One new suspected case arriving from outside the mainland was reported in Shanghai, with no new deaths related to COVID-19 reported Wednesday, the commission said.   A total of 5,728 imported cases had been reported on the m...

Beijing has recently implemented a number of preferential policies for domestic and foreign investors in the service industry and established a free trade zone.   As such, the capital is welcoming companies, partners and international institutions from all over the world to enjoy the benefits of its development.   "Beijings further opening-up of the service sector and the establishment of the FTZ have brought crucial opportunities that will drive the citys high-quality development," said Liu ...

--"The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of the global food system, and the need for more equitable, sustainable, and resilient systems to nutritiously and consistently feed 8.5 billion people by 2030," said founding members of the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC).   Conflicts, economic crises and extreme weather conditions pushed the number of people who faced acute food insecurity to 155 million in 2020, the highest figure in five years, the United Nations Food and Agric...

A third wave of COVID-19 outbreak is inevitable in India given the higher levels of the circulating virus, said Principal Scientific Advisor to Indias Federal Government K. Vijay Raghavan on Wednesday.   "But it is not clear on what time scale this phase three will occur. We should prepare for new waves. New variants will arise all over the world and in India too but variants that increase transmission will likely plateau," he told media persons.   India is already reeling under a deadly seco...

  ISLAMABAD, May 5 (Gwadar Pro) - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday evening praised the work being undertaken by Huawei Technologies in the country.     In a meeting with a delegation of senior representatives from Huawei Technologies, led by Space Lee, Vice President (Middle East Region) of Huawei Technologies, the Foreign Minister praised the work being undertaken by Huawei Technologies.   Other members of the delegation including the Deputy CEO of Huawei Pakistan,...

Chinese smartphone vendors are ramping up their push to convince consumers to embrace 5G devices during the May Day holiday, as competition intensifies to a new high after Huawei Technologies Cos smartphone business was crippled by US government restrictions.   The revived battle also came after the Chinese mainland smartphone market recorded its first growth in four years in the first quarter of 2021, with shipments increasing 27 percent year-on-year to 92.4 million units, according to a new ...