Motorway under CPEC cooperation contributes to development in Pakistan's remote region

STORY: Motorway under CPEC cooperation contributes to development in Pakistan's remote region SHOOTING TIME: June 2, 2024 DATELINE: June 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KASHIF NAWAZ, Project director of Sukkur-Multan Motorway 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MASROOR, Chief patrol officer of Sukkur-Multan Motorway 4. various of the Sukkur-Multan Motorway 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JAMAL NASIR SHAH, Resident near the motorway STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "This Multan-Sukkur Motorway (M5), part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), built by the Chinese company, has not just provided state-of-the-art transportation facility, but in fact contributed to the socio-economic development of the area. Like all other CPEC projects, it is providing jobs as well as business opportunities to the people of the surrounding area, which is quite an underdeveloped part of Pakista

A glimpse of Pakistan's motorway with weigh-in-motion mechanism

STORY: A glimpse of Pakistan's motorway with weigh-in-motion mechanism SHOOTING TIME: May 1, 2024 DATELINE: June 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE (English): KASHIF NAWAZ, Project director of the Sukkur-Multan Motorway 3. various of the motorway STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "Right now, I am standing on Sukkur-Multan Motorway, an important transportation project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework. Where I am standing right now is a very special place as it has a weigh-in-motion mechanism over here. This patch automatically calculates the weight of the vehicle once it passes through it. This technology has been used for the first time in Pakistan." SOUNDBITE (English): KASHIF NAWAZ, Project director of the Sukkur-Multan Motorway "This point is a dynamic scale. We call it weigh-in-motion. The vehicle's plate number will be checked at this point. And you s

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

Pakistani expert speaks highly of China's biodiversity conservation efforts

STORY: Pakistani expert speaks highly of China's biodiversity conservation efforts DATELINE: Dec. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of COP15 venue 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KASHIF MAJEED SALIK, Agricultural economist at Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KASHIF MAJEED SALIK, Agricultural economist at Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan STORYLINE: A Pakistani expert said that as the president of the ongoing United Nations (UN) Biodiversity Conference (COP15), China has done a great job in financing discussions and programs, and also in creating awareness about biodiversity. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KASHIF MAJEED SALIK, Agricultural economist at Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan "I think this UN Convention on biodiversity actually is a landmark for the global efforts to secure or safeguard this biodiversity in the global scale. During this meeting, China has done a great job in term

Fashion house helps unemployed Gazans start their own businesses

STORY: Fashion house helps unemployed Gazans start their own businesses DATELINE: April 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:02 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: SOCIETY/MARKET SHOTLIST: 1. various of students at the fashion house in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HUSSAM ABU KASHIF, Refugee from Jabalia Camp 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KHALIL KHUDAIR, Co-founder of Aya and Khalil Fashion House 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): AYA EID, Co-founder of Aya and Khalil Fashion House 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): TAHANI AL-HOUR, Local trainee STORYLINE: Hussam Abu Kashif, a 20-year-old refugee from Jabalia Camp, is among dozens of unemployed Gazans who anticipated jump-starting their own career in the fashion industry through a comprehensive training program. "After weeks of intensive and continuous training, today I am able to design both menswear and women's clothes... I find myself talented in drawing and fashion design," Abu Kashif told Xinhua while sewing a jacket. Five months ago, upon hearing that the Gaza-based "Aya and Khalil Fashion House"