PAKISTAN-MANSEHRA-SUKI KINARI-HYDROPOWER PROJECT-WET TESTING

PAKISTAN-MANSEHRA-SUKI KINARI-HYDROPOWER PROJECT-WET TESTING

(240616) -- MANSEHRA, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese and Pakistani engineers celebrate the starting of first unit wet testing of Suki Kinari Hydropower Project in Mansehra district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, June 16, 2024. The first unit of the China-built Suki Kinari Hydropower project in northwest Pakistan was started up and formally entered the wet testing phase on Sunday. It marks that the project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) stepped into the final sprint stage and one big step closer to operation and power generation. (China Energy Construction Overseas Investment Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

PAKISTAN-MANSEHRA-SUKI KINARI-HYDROPOWER PROJECT-WET TESTING

PAKISTAN-MANSEHRA-SUKI KINARI-HYDROPOWER PROJECT-WET TESTING

(240616) -- MANSEHRA, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese and Pakistani engineers celebrate the starting of first unit wet testing of Suki Kinari Hydropower Project in Mansehra district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, June 16, 2024. The first unit of the China-built Suki Kinari Hydropower project in northwest Pakistan was started up and formally entered the wet testing phase on Sunday. It marks that the project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) stepped into the final sprint stage and one big step closer to operation and power generation. (China Energy Construction Overseas Investment Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

PAKISTAN-MANSEHRA-SUKI KINARI-HYDROPOWER PROJECT-WET TESTING

PAKISTAN-MANSEHRA-SUKI KINARI-HYDROPOWER PROJECT-WET TESTING

(240616) -- MANSEHRA, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Engineers work at Suki Kinari Hydropower Project in Mansehra district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, June 16, 2024. The first unit of the China-built Suki Kinari Hydropower project in northwest Pakistan was started up and formally entered the wet testing phase on Sunday. It marks that the project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) stepped into the final sprint stage and one big step closer to operation and power generation. (China Energy Construction Overseas Investment Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

4 terrorists involved in attack on Chinese nationals arrested in Pakistan

STORY: 4 terrorists involved in attack on Chinese nationals arrested in Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: April 29 & March 26, 2024 DATELINE: April 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:45 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Islamabad (April 29, 2024) 2. various of the attack (March 26, 2024) STORYLINE: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police announced on Monday the arrest of four terrorists involved in an attack on Chinese nationals in March this year in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A statement released by the CTD of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said the arrested terrorists belonged to the banned organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and they were identified as Adil Shehbaz, Muhammad Shafiq Qureshi, Zahid Qureshi and Nazeer Hussain. The statement added that all the arrested militants hail from the northwest Mansehra district, while the "terrorist Shehbaz has admitted to playing a pivotal role in the execution of the attack." On March 26, a suicide bombe

2 terrorists killed in attack on foreign nationals' convoy in Pakistan's Karachi

STORY: 2 terrorists killed in attack on foreign nationals' convoy in Pakistan's Karachi SHOOTING TIME: April 19, 2024 DATELINE: April 19, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:20 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of terrorists killed in attack STORYLINE: At least two terrorists were killed and three others injured on Friday morning in an attack on a convoy of foreign nationals in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, police told Xinhua. Senior Superintendent of Police in Karachi's Malir district Tariq Mastoi said that two terrorists attacked a convoy carrying five Japanese in the Mansehra Colony area in the Landhi Town region of Karachi but retaliatory firing from security guards foiled the attempt. According to the police, a terrorist took out a gun to attack the front vehicle but the police security guards in the following vehicle killed him in retaliatory firing. Following the firing, one of the terrorists exploded his explosives-laden jacket which damaged the foreigners' vehicle and

CPEC hydropower station starts impoundment in NW Pakistan

STORY: CPEC hydropower station starts impoundment in NW Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 28, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the interior of hydropower station 2. various of the exterior of hydropower station STORYLINE: The China-built Suki Kinari Hydropower station in northwest Pakistan started impoundment on Wednesday. The successful start will lay a solid foundation for the project's operation on schedule under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Located in the Mansehra district of the South Asian country's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the 884-megawatt hydropower project was invested and constructed by the Overseas Investment Company of China Gezhouba Group. Noting the impoundment as a milestone, He Xiongfei, chairman and general manager of the Hydropower plant, said that the overall construction progress of the project has exceeded 98 percent. The dam body filling, diversion tunnel lining, pressure steel lining install

Japanese archaeologist helps Pakistan preserve historical sites

Japanese archaeologist helps Pakistan preserve historical sites

Atsushi Noguchi from the Japanese Center for South Asian Cultural Heritage takes photos of rock-inscribed epigraphy of prehistoric Indian emperor Ashoka in Mansehra, northern Pakistan, on Oct. 30, 2015. The center is helping the university preserve the inscriptions and other ancient Buddhist monuments in Pakistan with three-dimensional imaging technology. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese archaeologist helps Pakistan preserve historical sites

Japanese archaeologist helps Pakistan preserve historical sites

Atsushi Noguchi (C) from the Japanese Center for South Asian Cultural Heritage teaches students of Hazara University how to take photos of historical monuments with digital cameras in Mansehra, northern Pakistan, on Oct. 30, 2015. The center and the university are working together to preserve ancient Buddhist monuments by using three-dimensional imaging technology. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo