PM highlights strong Pakistan-China ties during Tianjin University visit

Tianjin: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Tianjin University in China and met with Pakistani students studying there.

While addressing the faculty and students of Tianjin University, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that over 200 Pakistani students are currently studying at the university, and around 30,000 Pakistani students are enrolled in various educational institutions across China. He emphasized that these students are ambassadors of Pakistan in China.

He stated that these students are benefiting from modern research, contemporary education, and technical skills. He added that vocational training is the need of the hour, and that 600 Pakistani agricultural graduates have also completed their training in China.

Shehbaz Sharif highlighted that Pakistan-China friendship is based on mutual trust, respect, and sincere affection, and that this friendship has stood the test of time. He said Pakistan and China are historically and culturally connected, and that Pakistan was the first Muslim country to recognize the People’s Republic of China.

He further noted that China's efforts to lift its people out of poverty are a model for the world. Today, China is one of the world’s major economic and military powers, and President Xi Jinping’s vision of common prosperity has inspired the global community. He also mentioned that Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the poet of the East, had predicted China's rise a century ago.