National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar, Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong, parliamentarians and seniors officers of National Assembly Secretariat, Finance and Economic Affair Divisions and Chinese Embassy, attended ceremony.
Pak-china friendship has long been known to the whole world for its unbreakable ties and support to each other. Political leadership of both the countries were resolute to further strengthen this bond, "said by NA speaker in his speech. He further added by saying that the development of solar power generation bybchinese governement has opened new avenues in pak-china friendship.
He praised the commitment and untiring efforts of Chinese ambassador for his personal indulgence in that regard. He said that Parliament of Pakistan would hold the distinction of being the first parliament in the world to go green. He stressed the need for replicating the model in other government building to address the prevalent energy constraint.
Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar in his remarks commended the Chinese government for its assistance in economic, energy, communication and infrastructure development sectors. He informed the audience about the Chinese financial assistance for the Persons temporarily displaced due to natural calamities and insurgency in Pakistan.
He said that Chinese leadership has always been visionary and guided the Chinese economy to attain the remarkable level. He said that Pakistan and China were the prospective members for establishment of Asian Infrastructure Development Bank to accelerate the pace of infrastructure development in Asia. He also thanked the Chinese government and ambassador for his personal efforts for solarization of Parliament building.
Ambassador of China Sun Weidong in his address thankful to the speaker and the minister for finance. He said that president and prime minister of China will maintain an extremely close and supportive relationship between China and Pakistan.
He said that China-Pak friendship is famous and well known all over the world. He also said that solar power generation system is gift for Pakistan from China for which initial feasibility has been carried out and work on the project will be initiated soon and completed within shortest possible period. He further informed the audience about the Chinese assistance of $10 million for Temporarily Displaced Persons. He expressed his government’s resolve for its unwavering support to Pakistan in future as well.
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