Sukkur-Multan Motorway under CPEC enhances connectivity in Pakistan

STORY: Sukkur-Multan Motorway under CPEC enhances connectivity in Pakistan DATELINE: Oct. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sukkur-Multan Motorway 2. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Urdu): RAHEEL, Resident of Multan, Pakistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Urdu/English): ATHAR ZIA, Resident of Karachi, Pakistan 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Urdu): RIZWANA ATHAR, Resident of Karachi, Pakistan 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): KASHIF NAWAZ, Project Director of Sukkur-Multan Motorway STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "At the moment, I am present on Multan-Sukkur Motorway, (also known as) M-5, an important transportation project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework. This state-of-the-art BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) project has a significant role in terms of enhancing connectivity in the country. It is 392 km long and it goes along the eastern bank of River Indus. It connects the southern (part of eastern) Punjab p

Traumatized Syrian kids receive psychological support following earthquakes

STORY: Traumatized Syrian kids receive psychological support following earthquakes DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of kids playing 2. SOUNDBITE 1(Arabic): ADHAM BAKR, Psychosocial support officer with UNICEF 3. various of kids playing 4. SOUNDBITE 2(Arabic): SAFAA SALOURA, Head of the Athar project 5. various of kids playing 6. SOUNDBITE 3(Arabic): SANA AL-KURDI, Aleppo resident STORYLINE: The earthquakes that rocked Syria last week have left numerous children scared. Some of them are receiving psychological support. Many of the children are living with their families which are being sheltered in public places such as parks and schools. Abdul-Mutaleb school in the al-Jabriyeh area in Aleppo is now accommodating 111 families that include 75 children. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is offering psychological support to the affected kids. SOUNDBITE 1(Arabic): ADHAM BAKR, Psychosocial support officer with UNICEF "Generally, we work on psych

A Cool Breeze exhibition, Athar Jaber

A Cool Breeze exhibition, Athar Jaber

Artist Athar Jaber presents his work within the exhibition A Cool Breeeze exposing new possibilities of spatial depiction of a figure in contemporary art in Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)