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ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar held in Hyderabad have termed China as a leading trade partner and a vital source of foreign investment. They stressed highlighting and exploring new avenues of cooperation with China and identified challenges in politics and the economy.
The seminar titled ‘Strategic and economic dimensions of Pakistan, China Relations, amid deepening global Geopolitical divide’ was arranged by the Center for International Strategic Studies Sindh (CISSS) at the University of Sindh, Hyderabad.
In his address, Vice Chancellor Sindh University Thatta Campus Prof. Dr. Rafique Ahmed Memon said that there were marvelous opportunities for higher education in China and that Chinese universities could offer admission to large numbers of students from Pakistan.
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He urged that Chinese educational institutions should register themselves with Pakistan accreditation bodies in a bid to resolve the issues faced by Pakistani students on their return after obtaining their degrees from various Chinese Universities.
Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque said in his address that China’s production of Al-Khalid tanks and JF-17 Thunder fighter jets with Pakistan was a demonstration of the extraordinary defense cooperation between China and Pakistan.
He further said that the CPEC project should be opened to the public so that no propaganda could affect the friendship between the two countries. He added that Sino-Pak will soon start working on a key project to prepare submarines for the Pakistan Navy and China will also safeguard access to Pakistani engineers to the manufacturing plant.
Moin ul Haque announced that the University of Sindh will be provided with opportunities to enter into educational agreements with top universities in China so that it could move ahead in the field of higher education and research being the old University of Pakistan.
Executive Director Center for International Strategic Studies Sindh (CISSS) and former Ambassador Kazi M. Khalilullah in his remarks said that China was an old friend of Pakistan, and with the passage of time, the friendship between the two countries had become stronger than the Himalayas and deeper than the oceans.
