Caretaker PM Kakar arrives in Urumqi
Pakistan
Caretaker PM Kakar arrives in Urumqi
(Web Desk) - Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Thursday arrived here in Urumqi to further strengthen regional connectivity, trade, investment and people-to-people contacts between the neighbouring regions of Pakistan and China.
At the airport, PM Kakar was warmly received by Governor of Xinjiang, Uyghur, autonomous region, Erken Tuniyaz, Standing Member of the Xinjiang CPC Ilizat Ahmetjan and officials of the Pakistani mission in China.
Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti, caretaker Minister for Privatisation Fawad Hassan Fawad accompanied the prime minister.
In Urumqi, PM Kakar will meet with local leadership and business persons and deliver a speech at the Xinjiang University.
The visit of the prime minister comes in the backdrop of ongoing celebrations marking the ten years of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
