PAKISTAN-CHINA-LIU JIANCHAO-VISIT

PAKISTAN-CHINA-LIU JIANCHAO-VISIT

(240622) -- ISLAMABAD, June 22, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (1st R) in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 21, 2024. Liu Jianchao led a CPC delegation to visit Pakistan from June 20 to June 22. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ahmad Kamal)

PAKISTAN-CHINA-LIU JIANCHAO-VISIT

PAKISTAN-CHINA-LIU JIANCHAO-VISIT

(240622) -- ISLAMABAD, June 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (1st R) in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 21, 2024. Liu Jianchao led a CPC delegation to visit Pakistan from June 20 to June 22. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar designated deputy PM

STORY: Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar designated deputy PM SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: April 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ishaq Dar in meetings STORYLINE: Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was designated on Sunday as the deputy prime minister, a notification of Pakistani cabinet division said. A notification issued by the cabinet secretariat of the cabinet division said that Dar has been given the charge "with immediate effect and until further orders." After the formation of the new government earlier this year, Dar took the oath as the foreign minister of Pakistan. The 73-year-old seasoned politician is a member of the senate, or the upper house of the country's parliament, and an important figure of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). He had also served several times in the past as the finance minister of the South Asian country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

Pakistan's ruling coalition leads in senate elections

STORY: Pakistan's ruling coalition leads in senate elections SHOOTING TIME: April 2, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of The senate election STORYLINE: Pakistan's ruling coalition led the elections of the senate, or the upper house of the country's parliament, held on Tuesday, an official source told Xinhua on Wednesday. According to a source from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the ruling alliance parties including Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) won 14 seats, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) got 13 seats and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan secured one seat. The elections were to be held for half of the 96-member house across the country, including the capital Islamabad and four provinces. However, the actual elections were held on 19 seats after 18 members won unopposed before the voting and the ECP postponed polls for 11 seats in KP due to the incomplete provincial assembly as s

Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's new PM

STORY: Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's new PM SHOOTING TIME: March 3, 2024 DATELINE: March 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shahbaz Sharif at the parliament STORYLINE: Shahbaz Sharif, the joint candidate of an alliance led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was elected as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan in a polling held by the National Assembly or lower house of the parliament on Sunday, said the speaker of the house. Speaker of the National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq announced that Sharif, president of PML-N, won the election by securing the lower house's 201 votes out of the total 293 votes cast in Sunday's polling. Sharif's sole competitor Omar Ayub Khan, a joint candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) and former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, secured 92 votes, said the speaker. The speaker announced that Sharif had been declared as the prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. A t

Pakistani lawmakers elect Ayaz Sadiq as new House speaker

STORY: Pakistani lawmakers elect Ayaz Sadiq as new House speaker SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ayaz Sadiq STORYLINE: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was elected the speaker of the National Assembly or the lower house of the country's parliament on Friday, according to an official announcement made by Raja Pervez Ashraf, the outgoing speaker. Sadiq got 199 votes of the total 291 votes polled in the 336-member house and defeated Malik Muhammad Amir Dogar, a candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). Dogar received 91 votes, while one vote was rejected after the members of the house cast their votes by secret ballot. "Sadiq is declared as Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. I hope that he will play his role to run the house according to the country's constitution," said the outgoing speaker before administering the oath to the new custodian of the house. Sad

Pakistan's major parties agree to form coalition gov't

STORY: Pakistan's major parties agree to form coalition gov't SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 21, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of joint press conference 2. various of National Assembly of Pakistan STORYLINE: Pakistan's two major political parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), agreed to form a coalition government in center, leaders of the two parties said Tuesday night. "Both the parties have agreed on a power-sharing formula as we have the required number of seats in the National Assembly (NA) to form the government," PML-N president and former prime minister Shahbaz Sharif said during a joint press conference in Islamabad. Following days of negotiations between the two parties, it has been decided that Sharif will be the joint candidate for both parties for the slot of prime minister and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari will be the joint candidate for the president's slot. Sharif said that

ECP announces final results of Pakistan's General Election 2024

STORY: ECP announces final results of Pakistan's General Election 2024 SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:57 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ECP 2. various of the Islamabad streets 3. various of polling stations STORYLINE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced the complete results of the country's General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8. According to the election results announced for the National Assembly (NA), or the lower house of the country's parliament, independent candidates got 101 seats, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif got 75 seats and the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari got 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan got 17 seats, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Pakistan got four seats, the Pakistan Muslim League got three seats, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party and Balochistan National Party got two seats

China builds first rare earth PML maglev line

STORY: China builds first rare earth PML maglev line DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: NANCHANG, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: various of the rare earth PML maglev line STORYLINE: China on Tuesday completed the construction of the country's first independently-developed trial line using rare earth permanent magnetic levitation (PML) technology. Dubbed "Rainbow," the maglev line that is about 800 meters long was built in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province. The trial line, jointly developed by the Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China Railway Liuyuan Group (CRL Group), China Railway Hi-Tech Industry Co., Ltd. and China National Rare Earth Functional Material Innovation Center, can be applied to bear air trains with medium and low speed and volume. With a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour, the rail system now can serve a two-carriage maglev train with a carrying capacity of 88 people. The transit system is equipped with the BeiDou Nav

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(220810) -- XINGGUO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 9, 2022 shows a train on the maglev line "Rainbow" leaving a station in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province. China on Tuesday completed the construction of the country's first independently-developed trial line using rare earth permanent magnetic levitation (PML) technology. Dubbed "Rainbow," the maglev line that is about 800 meters long was built in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province. With a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour, the rail system now can serve a two-carriage maglev train with a carrying capacity of 88 people. The transit system is equipped with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, 5G and intelligent sensing technologies. The track with rare earth PML technology can keep trains in a state of suspension, which is energy-saving and environmentally friendly. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(220810) -- XINGGUO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 9, 2022 shows a train running on the maglev line "Rainbow" in east China's Jiangxi Province. China on Tuesday completed the construction of the country's first independently-developed trial line using rare earth permanent magnetic levitation (PML) technology. Dubbed "Rainbow," the maglev line that is about 800 meters long was built in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province. With a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour, the rail system now can serve a two-carriage maglev train with a carrying capacity of 88 people. The transit system is equipped with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, 5G and intelligent sensing technologies. The track with rare earth PML technology can keep trains in a state of suspension, which is energy-saving and environmentally friendly. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(220810) -- XINGGUO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A train on the maglev line "Rainbow" stops at a station in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 9, 2022. China on Tuesday completed the construction of the country's first independently-developed trial line using rare earth permanent magnetic levitation (PML) technology. Dubbed "Rainbow," the maglev line that is about 800 meters long was built in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province. With a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour, the rail system now can serve a two-carriage maglev train with a carrying capacity of 88 people. The transit system is equipped with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, 5G and intelligent sensing technologies. The track with rare earth PML technology can keep trains in a state of suspension, which is energy-saving and environmentally friendly. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(220810) -- XINGGUO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A driver operates a train on the maglev line "Rainbow" in east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 9, 2022. China on Tuesday completed the construction of the country's first independently-developed trial line using rare earth permanent magnetic levitation (PML) technology. Dubbed "Rainbow," the maglev line that is about 800 meters long was built in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province. With a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour, the rail system now can serve a two-carriage maglev train with a carrying capacity of 88 people. The transit system is equipped with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, 5G and intelligent sensing technologies. The track with rare earth PML technology can keep trains in a state of suspension, which is energy-saving and environmentally friendly. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(220810) -- XINGGUO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A train on the maglev line "Rainbow" stops at a station in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 9, 2022. China on Tuesday completed the construction of the country's first independently-developed trial line using rare earth permanent magnetic levitation (PML) technology. Dubbed "Rainbow," the maglev line that is about 800 meters long was built in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province. With a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour, the rail system now can serve a two-carriage maglev train with a carrying capacity of 88 people. The transit system is equipped with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, 5G and intelligent sensing technologies. The track with rare earth PML technology can keep trains in a state of suspension, which is energy-saving and environmentally friendly. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(220810) -- XINGGUO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A train on the maglev line "Rainbow" stops at a station in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 9, 2022. China on Tuesday completed the construction of the country's first independently-developed trial line using rare earth permanent magnetic levitation (PML) technology. Dubbed "Rainbow," the maglev line that is about 800 meters long was built in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province. With a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour, the rail system now can serve a two-carriage maglev train with a carrying capacity of 88 people. The transit system is equipped with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, 5G and intelligent sensing technologies. The track with rare earth PML technology can keep trains in a state of suspension, which is energy-saving and environmentally friendly. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-JIANGXI-XINGGUO-RARE EARTH-PML MAGLEV LINE-COMPLETION (CN)

(220810) -- XINGGUO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Passengers are seen on a train on the maglev line "Rainbow" in east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 9, 2022. China on Tuesday completed the construction of the country's first independently-developed trial line using rare earth permanent magnetic levitation (PML) technology. Dubbed "Rainbow," the maglev line that is about 800 meters long was built in Xingguo County, east China's Jiangxi Province. With a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour, the rail system now can serve a two-carriage maglev train with a carrying capacity of 88 people. The transit system is equipped with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, 5G and intelligent sensing technologies. The track with rare earth PML technology can keep trains in a state of suspension, which is energy-saving and environmentally friendly. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

Hamza Shahbaz wins election to become chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province

STORY: Hamza Shahbaz wins election to become chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province DATELINE: July 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter in Islamabad 2. various of the election STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter in Islamabad "Hamza Shahbaz from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday won the election in the provincial assembly to retain his position as the chief minister of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the deputy speaker of the assembly announced." Shahbaz, son of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, secured 179 votes against 176 votes received by Pervaiz Elahi, a joint candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of former prime minister Imran Khan and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), said deputy speaker Dost Mazari. Elahi had received 186 votes, including 176 from PTI and 10 from the PML, but the deputy speaker excluded the 10 votes of the PML after its chief