Dar, Chinese Official Co-Chair Symposium on Party Building and Governance in Islamabad

Islamabad:Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Monday co-chaired the Symposium on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building and Seminar on China-Pakistan Governance in Islamabad alongside Liu Haixing, Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee (IDCPC). Addressing the event, Dar underscored the vital role of political parties in effective governance, institution-building and national development. He highlighted the broad-based political consensus underpinning the enduring Pakistan-China friendship and called for enhanced party-to-party exchanges and mutual learning to further strengthen the All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership between the two countries. In his keynote address, Liu Haixing expressed gratitude to Pakistan’s leadership for its continued efforts to promote party-to-party exchanges and deepen bilateral cooperation. The symposium brought together representatives from Pakistan’s major political parties, including Federal Minister for Planning Professor Ahsan Iqbal; Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Secretary General Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari; Senator Sherry Rehman; Senator Anusha Rahman Khan, Additional Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N); and former Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, among others. Foreign Secretary and representatives of various political parties and think tanks also attended the event, reflecting the importance attached to political dialogue, institutional cooperation and the exchange of governance experiences between Pakistan and China.