Maryam Nawaz Sharif elected as 1st female chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab

STORY: Maryam Nawaz Sharif elected as 1st female chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Maryam Nawaz Sharif STORYLINE: Maryam Nawaz Sharif, senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, was elected on Monday as the first female chief minister for Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, Speaker of the provincial assembly Malik Muhammad Ahmad announced. Maryam, daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, secured 220 votes against zero votes received by Aftab Ahmad Khan, a candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council, said the speaker. Khan and his party members walked out of the assembly session and boycotted the voting process after he was not allowed to discuss some issues related to reserved seats. Maryam, 50, is also the first female chief minister of any province of Pakistan since the South Asian country's independence in 1947. Maryam was elected

5th Tehran Auto Expo kicks off

STORY: 5th Tehran Auto Expo kicks off SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 30, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of 5th Tehran Auto Expo STORYLINE: The 5th Tehran Auto Expo kicked off on Monday at Shahr-e Aftab International Exhibition Center in Iran's capital city of Tehran. Companies in the areas of car manufacture, assembly and producing and importing spare parts displayed their latest products and achievements in an area measuring 60,000 square meters. The expo is Iran's biggest event in the auto industry and it will continue until Sunday. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tehran. (XHTV)

Red Sea International Film Festival - Jeddah

Red Sea International Film Festival - Jeddah

French film director Gaspar Noe and Kaleem Aftab walk the red carpet as he arrives for a screening in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 5th, 2023, as part of the 3rd edition of Red Sea Film Festival. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Economic corridor with China injects development vitality into Pakistan

STORY: Economic corridor with China injects development vitality into Pakistan DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cooperation projects between China and Pakistan 2. STANDUP 1 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAMIR AHMED AWAN, Founding chair of Global Silk Route Research Alliance 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZUBAIR TUFAIL, Electrical engineer of Matiari-Lahore HVDC transmission project 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AFTAB AHMED, Staff member of Thar Block-I Integrated Coal Mine Power Project 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): KHURRAM DASTGIR KHAN, Pakistan's Minister for Power 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): MOAAZ AWAN, Senior manager at China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Ltd. 8. STANDUP 2 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 9. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister STORYLINE: It's been 10 years since the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was launched. STANDUP 1 (English): ALI JA

State Dinner Honoring Indian PM Modi - Washington

State Dinner Honoring Indian PM Modi - Washington

Aftab Pureval, Mayor of Cincinnati, right, and Dr. Whitney Whitis arrive to attend a state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Biden and Modi announced a series of defense and commercial deals designed to improve military and economic ties between their nations during a state visit at the White House today. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

State Dinner Honoring Indian PM Modi - Washington

State Dinner Honoring Indian PM Modi - Washington

Aftab Pureval, Mayor of Cincinnati, right, and Dr. Whitney Whitis arrive to attend a state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Biden and Modi announced a series of defense and commercial deals designed to improve military and economic ties between their nations during a state visit at the White House today. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

State Dinner Honoring Indian PM Modi - Washington

State Dinner Honoring Indian PM Modi - Washington

Aftab Pureval, Mayor of Cincinnati, right, and Dr. Whitney Whitis arrive to attend a state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Biden and Modi announced a series of defense and commercial deals designed to improve military and economic ties between their nations during a state visit at the White House today. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

CPEC coal power project committed to corporate social responsibility

STORY: CPEC coal power project committed to corporate social responsibility DATELINE: April 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI JIGEN, CEO of the coal mine project of Thar Coal Block-1 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAZHAR ALI KHAN, Staff member of Thar block-I integrated coal mine power project 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AFTAB AHMED, Staff member of Thar block-I integrated coal mine power project 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MAZHAR ALI KHAN, Staff member of Thar block-I integrated coal mine power project STORYLINE: Thar Block-I Integrated Coal Mine Power Project in Pakistan's Sindh province, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, has been devoted to corporate social responsibility (CSR). STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "Thar Block-I Integrated Coal Mine Power project pays a lot of importance to the corporate social responsibility and has been engaged extensively in the CSR proje

China's optimized COVID-19 response conducive to global tourism: Pakistani official

STORY: China's optimized COVID-19 response conducive to global tourism: Pakistani official DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AFTAB UR REHMAN RANA, Managing Director of Pakistan Tourism Department Corporation (PTDC) 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AFTAB UR REHMAN RANA, Managing Director of Pakistan Tourism Department Corporation (PTDC) STORYLINE: China's newly adjusted COVID-19 response that lifts restrictions on Chinese citizens' overseas trips and promotes cross-border personnel exchanges will help the recovery of global tourism, said a Pakistani official. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AFTAB UR REHMAN RANA, Managing Director of Pakistan Tourism Department Corporation (PTDC) "China had been a big outbound tourism market for the rest of the world before the pandemic. I think this (China's optimized COVID-19 response) is a very important decision. I think this decision will be very positively impacting the overall global tourism economy. Bec

PAKISTAN-CHINA-TOURISM

PAKISTAN-CHINA-TOURISM

(230103) -- ISLAMABAD, Jan. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Managing Director of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Aftab ur Rehman Rana works in his office in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, Jan. 3, 2023. TO GO WITH "Interview: Pakistan-China year of tourism to greatly boost tourism cooperation, says Pakistani official" (Xinhua/Jiang Chao)

China-funded green sewage treatment plant boon for millions in Dhaka

STORY: China-funded green sewage treatment plant boon for millions in Dhaka DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant Logo, Dhaka WASA Logo 2. various of Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant 3. SOUNDBITE (English): TAZUL ISLAM, Bangladeshi Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives STORYLINE: Millions of dwellers in Aftab Nagar area on the eastern side of the Bangladeshi capital have been benefiting from a China-funded green sewage treatment plant since its operation in April. The Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant project, the largest in South Asia, provides modern sewerage service to about five million people in Dhaka. On Sunday, Bangladeshi Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Tazul Islam and Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming inspected the project. It took HydroChina Corporation, the contractor, less than four years to complete the project.