QUETTA: Balochistan Governor Jaffar Khan Mandokhail has said that despite major political and economic changes at the global level, China and Pakistan continue to remain each other’s most reliable partners, stressing the need to further strengthen bilateral cooperation through economic development, technology, and people-to-people connectivity.

Addressing participants at the China-Pakistan Political Parties Forum in Beijing, the governor said the signing of a party-to-party memorandum of understanding between Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Chinese official Liu Haixing marked an important step towards advancing the shared future of both countries.

Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2026

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