Welcome move: Chinese president to visit Pakistan in Feb

Xi Jinping will travel with dozens of business executives, focus on development projects


Abdul Manan December 22, 2014

ISLAMABAD: China’s President Xi Jinping is to visit Pakistan in February 2015 along with the heads of dozens of companies, members of a Chinese delegation told the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz at a meeting on Sunday.

The delegation, led by Vice Minister of the International Department of the Committee of the Communist Party Chen Fengxiang, has called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and MNA Hamza Shahbaz Sharif in Islamabad and Lahore, respectively.



The sources revealed that the PML-N leadership and Chinese team discussed Jinping’s visit and Chinese companies’ interest in carrying out uplift projects in Pakistan.

They said that the Chinese delegates expressed satisfaction over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s decision to call off its protracted Islamabad sit-ins. A strategy has been devised on how to benefit from this situation and convince Chinese companies to come to Pakistan and carry out various projects.

PM Nawaz, during his meeting with the delegation said that postponement of President Xi Jinping’s visit in September was unfortunate and the people of Pakistan are eagerly looking forward to welcoming the president soon.

The delegation also met Shahbaz Sharif along with members of Punjab’s cabinet and party leadership.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2014.

COMMENTS (7)

globalobserver | 9 years ago | Reply

@Talha Mujahid:

"Gawadar was inaugurated by Musharaf in 2007 and it is yet to handle a single kg of commercial cargo. All this because of the inexistance of necessary infrastructure."

Gawadar will never handle a single kg of any commercial cargo. The unstated and true reason for the Gawadar project was never commercial. It was constructed to house Chinese warships and submarines and also serve as an escape port for Pakistani navy in case of an Indian attack. Pakistan felt vulnerable with Karachi being the only navy port. It may be recalled that in 1971 war India successfully attacked and blockaded Karchi port.

Talha Mujahid | 9 years ago | Reply

@liaqat ali: I agree with you. Gawadar was inaugurated by Musharaf in 2007 and it is yet to handle a single kg of commercial cargo. All this because of the inexistance of necessary infrastructure.

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