Youth leaders see CPEC promoting Pak-China people to people ties
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: In commemoration of 70 years of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations, the Pakistan-China Institute organized a webinar titled “Future leaders in shaping Pakistan-China relations”.
The conference was arranged under Friends of Silk Road initiative.
The webinar was arranged to understand and facilitate bilateral youth exchanges under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as it enters its second phase.
This was the first-of-its-kind bilateral dialogue aimed at engaging youth of both countries.
An illustrious panel of eight speakers including young parliamentary leaders Senator Qurratul Ain Marri and Senator Dr Afnanullah Khan participated in the Webinar.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan: Is China in its Crosshairs?
Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 19 Issue: 9
(source: thehindu.com)
On April 21, a car packed with explosives detonated in the parking lot of the Serena Hotel in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province. Five people were killed and another twelve were injured in the attack (Dawn, April 21). Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the deadly explosion (The News, April 23). An umbrella grouping of Pashtun militias that operate in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas, the TTP wreaked havoc in Pakistan between 2007 and 2014. It carried out countless attacks on military installations, convoys, police stations, schools, and places of worship for minority religious sects. The violence it unleashed claimed the lives of over 80,000 soldiers and civilians in this period (Terrorism Monitor, March 26). However, the TTP’s capacity began to weaken in 2014, relegating it to “near-irrele
Shehbaz Sharif takes PML-N to reconciliatory path
Party leaders say PML-N President’s approach gets nod from East and West
Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif gestures after appearing before a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in Islamabad on June 17, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS / FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Just days after being released from the jail on bail, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif seems to have taken charge of the party and the first direction that he has issued is to lower the rhetoric and pursue the policy of reconciliation.
Party insiders say that the PML-N president, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, believes that the party should quietly move ahead; refrain from issuing unnecessary statements and position itself as an “acceptable alternative” for the next general elections in 2023.
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LAHORE, May 6 (Gwadar Pro) - An Essay Competition on the theme of the 70th anniversary of Pak-China diplomatic relations was co-organized by Chinese Consulate-General in Lahore and Institute of International Relations and Media Research (IIRMR).
At the concluding ceremony winners were announced with cash prizes and special appreciation certificates. Deputy Consul General Lahore Mr Peng Zhengwu released his special message through video in which he said “on behalf of Chinese Consulate General Lahore, I would like to congratulate Institute of International Relations and Media Research, its Chairman Muhammad Mehdi and President Yasir Habib Khan on holding a successful Essay Competition in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan.”