KARACHI: The government in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has invited Chinese businessmen to invest in electric-vehicle and waste-to-energy projects in the province, the Sindh chief minister’s office said on Tuesday.
The statement came after Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah’s meeting with a delegation of Chinese investors, led by Belt & Road (B&R) Group Chairman Wan Xiaowu, according to the Sindh chief minister’s office.
The Chinese delegation expressed interest in investing in waste-to-energy, wastewater treatment, desalination water plants, manufacturing of e-buses, and kits to convert patrol motorcycles on electricity.
“Government would provide all necessary facilities to the Chinese firms to set up their plants,” CM Shah was quoted as saying by his office.
He said the Sindh government would welcome Chinese public and private firms to invest directly in the projects of their choice or strike a public-private partnership with the provincial administration.
Both sides agreed to have another sitting with the provincial planning department and the investment board to select the projects so that work could be initiated, Shah’s office said.
In May this year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asked Pakistani officials to carve out a “comprehensive plan” for business-to-business (B2B) engagements with Chinese firms.
Chinese investment and financial support have been key for the South Asian nation’s struggling economy in recent years, including the rolling over of loans so that Islamabad is able to meet external financing needs.
Since 2013, Beijing has also invested tens of billions of dollars in energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a major segment of China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.
The corridor will connect China to the Arabian Sea and help Pakistan expand and modernize its economy through a network of roads, railways, pipelines and ports built in the country with Chinese loans. A flagship of the Chinese corridor is a deep-sea port at Gwadar in Balochistan.
Pakistan’s Sindh invites Chinese businessmen to invest in e-vehicles, waste-to-energy projects
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Pakistan’s Sindh invites Chinese businessmen to invest in e-vehicles, waste-to-energy projects
- Chinese investment and financial support have been key for the South Asian country’s struggling economy in recent years
- Since 2013, Beijing has also invested billions of dollars in projects in Pakistan as part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Pakistan Air Force conducts ‘Exercise Golden Eagle’ to test combat readiness, agility
- The exercise follows an intense, four-day Pakistan-India military conflict in May 2025
- It focused on AI-enabled operations integrating disruptive technologies, military says
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has conducted “Exercise Golden Eagle” that successfully validated its combat readiness and operational agility through synchronized employment of the PAF’s complete combat potential, the Pakistani military said on Tuesday.
It comes months after Pakistan’s four-day military conflict with India in May, with Islamabad claiming victory in the standoff after the PAF claimed to have shot down at least six Indian fighter aircraft, including the French-made Rafale. New Delhi acknowledged some losses but did not specify a number.
The exercise was conducted on a Two-Force construct, focusing on AI-enabled, net-centric operations while integrating indigenous niche, disruptive and smart technologies in line with evolving regional security dynamics, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani military’s media wing.
Operating within a robust Integrated Air Defense System, friendly forces shaped the battlespace through seamless fusion of kinetic operations with cyber, space and electro-magnetic spectrum operations.
“The kinetic phase featured First-Shoot, First-Kill swing-role combat aircraft equipped with long-range BVR air-to-air missiles, extended-range stand-off weapons and precision strike capabilities, supported by Airborne Early Warning & Control platforms and Air-to-Air Refuelers,” the ISPR said in a statement.
“A key highlight of the exercise was Manned–Unmanned Teaming, with deep-reach killer drones and loitering munitions operating in a highly contested, congested and degraded environment, validating PAF’s capability to conduct high-tempo operations in modern warfare.”
In recent months, many countries have stepped up defense engagement with Pakistan, while delegations from multiple nations have proposed learning from the PAF’s multi-domain air warfare capabilities that officials say were successfully employed during the May conflict.
“The successful conduct of Exercise Golden Eagle reaffirms Pakistan Air Force’s unwavering commitment to maintaining a high state of operational preparedness, leveraging indigenous innovation and effectively countering emerging and future security challenges,” the ISPR added.
