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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

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13 killed, 20 injured in road accident in Pakistan's eastern province

STORY: 13 killed, 20 injured in road accident in Pakistan's eastern province DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site of the accident STORYLINE: At least 13 people were killed and over 20 others injured in a road accident in east Pakistan's Punjab province on early Saturday morning, said a police official. District Police Officer Rizwan Umar Gondal told local media that the incident took place at the superhighway M-5 near the Rukanpur area of the province's Rahim Yar Khan district. A passenger van overturned on the superhighway due to a tire burst but another speeding passenger coach and a jeep rammed into it, killing 13 people on the spot, said the official. Rescue teams and patrolling police rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to a nearby hospital. Hospital officials feared that the death toll might rise further because several of the injured were in critical condition. Xinhua News Agency corresp

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Japan's solar observation satellite 'Hinode' goes into orbit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan successfully launched the M-5 solid-fuel rocket carrying a solar observation satellite, nicknamed ''Hinode,'' from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 23, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency said.

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Japan's solar observation satellite 'Hinode' goes into orbit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The M-5 solid-fuel rocket carrying a solar observation satellite was successfully launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 23, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency said.

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Japan launches astronomy satellite

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An M-5 rocket lifts off from Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on July 10 to deliver a 1.7-ton X-ray astronomy satellite into orbit to study black holes and other astronomical phenomena.

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Japan launches astronomy satellite

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan's space agency launched an M-5 rocket from Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on July 10 to deliver a 1.7-ton X-ray astronomy satellite into orbit to study black holes and other astronomical phenomena.

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Launch of Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite postponed

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Yasunori Matogawa, associate executive director of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, said the launch of Japan's X-ray astronomy satellite ASTRO-E2 on the M-5-6 rocket would be delayed from July 6 to July 8 or later due to bad weather.

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(3)Japan launches asteroid sampling probe

UCHINOURA, Japan - An M-5 rocket carrying the world's first space probe designed to retrieve surface samples from an asteroid rises into the sky over the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 9.

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(2)Japan launches asteroid sampling probe

UCHINOURA, Japan - An M-5 rocket carrying the world's first space probe designed to retrieve surface samples from an asteroid blasts off from the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 9.

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(1)Japan launches asteroid sampling probe

UCHINOURA, Japan - A Japanese M-5 rocket carrying the world's first space probe designed to retrieve surface samples from an asteroid blasts off from the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 9.

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Japan launches its 1st Mars probe

The M-5 rocket carrying Japan's first Mars probe, Planet-B, lifts off from the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on July 4. Planet-B, which was renamed ''Nozomi (Hope)'' after the launch, will orbit the Earth until December before heading toward Mars on a mission to investigate the upper atmosphere of the red planet and its interaction with solar wind. It is scheduled to begin orbiting Mars in October 1999.

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Japan's spacecraft to explore Mars

The M-5 rocket carrying the Planet-B spacecraft, Japan's first spacecraft to explore Mars, is shown to the press at the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Thursday July 2. Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) plans to launch the spacecraft later in July.

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Launch of Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite postponed

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Yasunori Matogawa, associate executive director of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, said the launch of Japan's X-ray astronomy satellite ASTRO-E2 on the M-5-6 rocket would be delayed from July 6 to July 8 or later due to bad weather. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches astronomy satellite

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan's space agency launched an M-5 rocket from Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on July 10 to deliver a 1.7-ton X-ray astronomy satellite into orbit to study black holes and other astronomical phenomena. (Kyodo)

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Japan's solar observation satellite 'Hinode' goes into orbit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The M-5 solid-fuel rocket carrying a solar observation satellite was successfully launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 23, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency said. (Kyodo)

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Japan's solar observation satellite 'Hinode' goes into orbit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan successfully launched the M-5 solid-fuel rocket carrying a solar observation satellite, nicknamed ''Hinode,'' from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 23, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency said. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches astronomy satellite

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An M-5 rocket lifts off from Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on July 10 to deliver a 1.7-ton X-ray astronomy satellite into orbit to study black holes and other astronomical phenomena. (Kyodo)

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(3)Japan launches asteroid sampling probe

UCHINOURA, Japan - An M-5 rocket carrying the world's first space probe designed to retrieve surface samples from an asteroid rises into the sky over the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 9.

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Institute releases photo of M-5 rocket's failed launch

TOKYO, Japan - This is a photo of an M-5 rocket's failed launch Feb. 10, published by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, which is part of the Education Ministry, on Feb. 21. The photo was taken 1.7 seconds after liftoff at Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture. Small red-colored fragments of graphite are seen above the flames. The institute suspects these fragments are connected with the launch's failure.

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Japan fails to launch scientific satellite

UCHINOURA, Japan - Japan fails to launch an astronomical observation satellite Feb. 10 as the M-5 rocket carrying the satellite could not reach the expected orbit. The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science said the rocket carrying the Astro E X-ray observation satellite lifted off at 10:30 a.m. from the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Japan launches its 1st Mars prob

The M-5 rocket carrying Japan's first Mars probe, Planet-B, lifts off from the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on July 4. Planet-B, which was renamed ''Nozomi (Hope)'' after the launch, will orbit the Earth until December before heading toward Mars on a mission to investigate the upper atmosphere of the red planet and its interaction with solar wind. It is scheduled to begin orbiting Mars in October 1999.

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Japan's spacecraft to explore M

The M-5 rocket carrying the Planet-B spacecraft, Japan's first spacecraft to explore Mars, is shown to the press at the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Thursday July 2. Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) plans to launch the spacecraft later in July.