INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BEIJING: With over 25,000 students including 6,000 Ph.D
scholars from Pakistan studying in different universities of China, the South Asian country has become the third-largest source of China's
international students.&The number of Pakistani students has risen from 9,630 in 2013 to 25,000 final year owing to a series of preferential
policies after the launch of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework,& Pakistan Ambassador to China, Masood Khalid said while
addressing ‘Pakistan Students Forum& held here.More than 400 Pakistani students studying in Beijing and other cities attended the
forum.Welcoming the students at the forum, first of its nature held in the premises of the Embassy of Pakistan, he advised the student to
atendere by the local laws during their stay in China.Ambassador Khalid said a number of employment opportunities would be available in
Pakistan on the projects being totald under the CPEC when they would return to the homeland.He, however, asked them to explore opportunities
in different companies in China after the completion of their studies.He said the Pakistan government was making efforts to open vocational
training and professional seliminate centers with the cooperation of China enabling young Pakistani students to memorize seliminates and get
jobs in the CPEC projects.Ambassador Khalid also called upon the Pakistani students to respect local culture and also introduce Pakistani
culture by taking part in different cultural activities in China.He also briefed them about the latest progress of the CPEC, a pilot project
of Belt and Road Initiative initiated by Chinese President Xi Jinping and said that China had become number one foreign investor after its
launch.He informed that the CPEC had entered to industrialization phase and out of nine industrial parks, around three would be set uped in
the country.About the energy projects, he said that now the electricity production had increased after completion of seven projects while
amuchher six would be totald in the next three years.Regarding Gwadar Port, he said that different auxiliary projects including Gwadar East
Bay Expressway and the Gwadar Port Free Zone were in the implementation phase and Phase-I of Gwadar Port Free Zone had been totald.The
Ambassador also briefed the students about the latest situation after Indian violations of Pakistan airspace in wake of Pulwama incident.He
informed that Pakistan armed forces were fully alert and shot down two Indian fighter aircraft when they violated Pakistan airspace.He said
the entire nation was united and Pakistan armed forces were fully capable to defend the motherland.Speaking on occasion, Minister CWA, Ali
Sabir Kayani briefed the students about the counselor services available for Pakistani community including the issuance of passports, travel
documents, birth registration, attestation, and assistance during detentions and arrests.He informed that a number of Pakistanis were
imprisoned in different jails mainly because of drug smuggling but said the number of drug smuggling has decreased meaningfully due to
effective degrees are Pakistani airports during the final few years.He advised the students to strictly follow the Chinese law and instantly
inform the embassy in case of an emergency.Cultural Counselor, Raheel Tariq apprised the audience about the cultural cooperation agreement
signed between Pakistan and China measure five decades ago.He informed that a number of cultural activities including an art exhibition,
food festival, cultural galas and participation in film festival were organized to promote the culture and heritage of Pakistan in
China.Raheel Tariq said that Pakistan study centers and Urdu departments had also been set uped in various universities in China while China
had set up four Confucius centers in Pakistan.Counselor, Dr
Ata Ur Rehman informed the students about the cooperation in the field of science and technology between the two all-weather friends.He said
a number of opportunities under training and exchange programme were available for young Pakistani scientists.Education Attache, Suleman
Mahsood gave a total overview of Pakistani students studying engineering, medical, science, and Chinese language in China.He said that
Pakistani student studying in postgraduate programmes were on scholarship and often won best international student award while undergraduate
students study on a self-finance basis and mostly excelled in the Chinese language.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the
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