China to gift 0.5m more Covid vaccine doses to Pakistan
Both countries would tackle the coronavirus pandemic together, says FM Qureshi
APP
March 02, 2021
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Chinese ambassador Nong Rong press the button at a virtual ceremony simultaneously held in Islamabad and Beijing to launch celebrations marking 70 years of friendship. PHOTO: APP
ISLAMABAD:
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday announced that China would send 500,000 more doses of coronavirus vaccine for Pakistan’s frontline workers and senior citizens.
Talking to the media after the launch of celebrations of the establishment of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations along with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, he said that China had already gifted 500,000 doses of vaccine Sinopharm to the Pakistani nation for its frontline health workers.
OPINION / VIEWPOINT By Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Published: Mar 02, 2021 07:00 AM
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi
May 21, 1951 was a defining moment in the history of Pakistan. It is the day when Pakistan established formal diplomatic ties with the People s Republic of China. Over past seven decades, our bilateral ties have grown from strength to strength and reached a pinnacle that finds few parallels in the modern history of inter-state relations. As iron brothers, we have always stood by each other in the most trying times. Our relationship has become an all-weather strategic cooperative partnership.
Connected by geography, history, and Asian identity, the ancient linkages between Pakistan and China predate the establishment of formal ties. Since times immemorial, many Chinese monks and ascetics like Faxian and Xuanzang braved the treacherous mountains of the Great Himalayas and arrived at the famous Buddhist seminaries of Pakistan and learned the traditions and t
Pakistani security forces indulge in grave human rights violations in Balochistan: Baloch-American leader
Pakistani security forces indulge in grave human rights violations in Balochistan: Baloch-American leader
Pakistani Security Forces Are Committing Grave Human Rights Violations In Balochistan, A Baloch-American Leader Has Alleged PTI | Updated on: 12 Aug 2017, 11:15:44 PM
Washington:
Pakistani security forces are committing grave human rights violations in Balochistan, a Baloch-American leader has alleged while calling for the implementation of the Leahy Amendment which prohibits the US military aid to forces accused of breaching human rights. I am appealing to all Americans of good will to help end crimes against humanity in Balochistan in whatever way you can, Amar Khan, founder, and president of the American Friends of Baluchistan said at an event at the George Washington University here yesterday.
The Pakistan government is planning to develop a massive oil city in Gwadar district in Balochistan province with an aim to host Saudi Arabia s $10 billion Aramco oil refinery and use it as a platform to mend the dented ties between the two .