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ISLAMABAD (APP): China hands over capacity building equipment to Pakistan. In this regard, a signing ceremony was held at Ministry of Finance on Thursday. Secretary, Economic Affairs Division, Tariq Bajwa and Sun Weidong Ambassador of China signed the documents.
Minister of Finance Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar was also present at the signing ceremony. While speaking at the occasion, he said Pakistan highly value China’s continued support on issues of its national security, territorial integrity and the war on terror. Chinese commitment to Pakistan’s infrastructural development, capacity building and emergency relief operations is unmatched and commendable.
With a view to enhance the capacity of law enforcement agencies and health intuitions, the Government of China has provided 425 police pickups and 80 ambulances, apart from other office equipment, worth Chinese Yuan 95 million.
The equipment would be used in all the four provinces, Gilgit Baltistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Islamabad Capital Territory.
Ambassador of China, Sun Weidong said that provision of this equipment was carried out under the Letter of Exchange (LoE) signed between China and Pakistan during the visit of Chinese President to Pakistan. He said this was the 65th year of Pak-China relations and this time tested friendship would be further strengthened in future.