A six-member Chinese delegation led by Mr Chen Fengxiang, Vice Minister of the Communist Party of China called on Hamza Shahbaz Sharif MNA here on Sunday at the main party secretariat. PML-N leaders; Saira Afzal Tarar, Anousha Rehman, Saranjam Khan, Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasir, Saood Majeed and others were also present on the occasion.
The meeting agreed to strengthen party-to-party contact between Communist party of China and Pakistan Muslim League-N. Hamza Shahbaz Sharif welcomed the delegation and highlighted that terrorism in all its manifestation shall be rooted out from the soil of Pakistan and a decisive military action is underway.
He also mentioned that Pak-China time-tested and all-weather friendship would get a more meaningful expression after Economic Corridor becomes a realization in coming times ahead. Hamza informed that PML-N government has taken solid initiatives to economically empower the young population of Pakistan. He said that Punjab government is also implementing various programmes such as provision of small business loans, agri land and tractors on instalments to the youth so as to provide them opportunities to stand on their own feet and not to be misled by extremists.
He said that China is a role model for Pakistan with regard to its speedy development and the government is also striving for progress and prosperity of the masses. He told the visiting delegation that PML-N as a governing party firmly believes in promoting rule of law and strict accountability of the state functionaries as a matter of policy. The visitors were also briefed about the history of PML-N, its structure and functioning of its offices. The Vice Minister was also told that people of Pakistan are looking forward to welcome the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The Vice Minister extended condolences on the tragic incident of terrorism in Peshawar and expressed sympathy for the aggrieved families. The visiting Vice Minister mentioned that among 106 countries, which have over 600 political parties, CPC shares a special bond with PML-N. The delegates agreed on continued co-operation and to have more institutionalised exchanges between the members of both the parties so that they could mutually benefit from experiences of each other.