Tag: Pak-China relations

  • PM Khan likely to attend Beijing Olympics 2022 in China next month

    PM Khan likely to attend Beijing Olympics 2022 in China next month

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan could well be one of the leading dignitaries watching the Winter Olympics, which start in Beijing on February 4.

     The government of China and China Sports Authority are looking forward to Pakistan’s PM Khan’s attending the opening or the closing ceremony or attending during the event. The invite was sent to the Pakistan Cricket Board, reports The News.

     “Yes, we are in contact with the Chinese authorities and have received a communication. We have forwarded that to the foreign ministry through the official channel,” said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official.

    The United States, Britain, Australia, and Canada have announced a diplomatic boycott of the event, while North Korea was the latest country to pull out, citing the pandemic.

    Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Khalid Mansoor, a couple of days back, had revealed the prime minister’s plan to visit Beijing early next month.

  • Government selects five Pakistani movies for a screening in China

    Government selects five Pakistani movies for a screening in China

    As part of the celebratory activities of 70 years of Pakistan-China diplomatic ties, five movies from Pakistan will be screened during a first-ever Pakistan Film Week starting from Wednesday, August 4.

    According to details, Pakistan Embassy, Beijing and China-Film Administration have jointly organized the four-day film week to further enhance cultural exchanges between the two countries.

    The premier of Sohai Ali Abro’s Motorcycle Girl will be held on August 4, with Chinese and English subtitles. Other films included in the list are Humayun Saeed’s blockbusters Punjab Nahi Jaungi and Bin Roye.

    Mahira Khan’s Ho Maan Jahan and Mathira’s Blind Love will also be screened in the following days.

    In November 2020, Parwaaz Hai Junoon became the first Pakistan film to hit the cinemas in China. The movie received the round of applause from around 400 people including officials of the Chinese government.

  • It is unfair of the US to force Pakistan to take sides, PM Imran Khan on Pak-China relations

    It is unfair of the US to force Pakistan to take sides, PM Imran Khan on Pak-China relations

    “It is very unfair for the US and other western powers [to ask] countries like us [Pakistan] to take sides, as all states should have good relations with one another,” said Prime Minister Imran Khan in an exclusive interview with Liu Xin of China-state media TV, CGTN. PM Khan said that there was a “strange, great power rivalry” taking place in the region. “You see the United States being wary of China. The way United States and China are looking at each other, it creates problems.”

    PM Khan asked: “Why do we have to take sides?

    PM further added that Pakistan and China enjoy a “very special relationship” spanning over 70 years and nothing could change this.

    PM Khan stressed that no matter what happens, no matter what pressure is put on Pakistan, the relationship between the two countries would remain the same. He said that when Pakistan had been in trouble politically, internationally, or had conflicts with its neighbour, China always stood by it.

    The people of China have a special place in the hearts of Pakistanis, he said, adding: “You remember friends who stand with you at all times. In good times, everyone stands with you, but in difficult, tough, and bad times, you remember those people who stood by you.”

    He said the people of Pakistan have that kind of fondness for the people of China.

    “So, from that point of view, Pakistan thinks that it is very unfair of the US and other Western powers [to make] countries like Pakistan take sides. Why should we take sides? We should have good relations with everyone,” he maintained.

    The prime minister categorically said that Pakistan cannot be pressurised into downgrading its ties with China.

  • China completes its alternative GPS system, Pakistan can access it

    China completes its alternative GPS system, Pakistan can access it

    China is about to complete its project of creating an alternative navigation system to rival US’ Global Positioning System (GPS), and now the batch of BeiDou, a Chinese satellite company, is ready to provide services globally.

    China’s new Beidou navigation system will not only rival the United States’ GPS, but also Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), and the European Union’s (EU) Galileo. More than a hundred countries including Pakistan have already started using the system the new navigation system.

    The BeiDou project has more than 300,000 scientists, engineers, and technicians from 400 different domestic institutes and universities working on it.

    The project was started at the beginning of the 1990s and has finally been completed in 2020. The new system was commissioned last week by the Chinese, President Xi Jinping at a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People.

    “The completion of BeiDou-3 was due to the fact that core technologies cannot be bought or begged from other countries.”

    Experts told Chinese media that:’