LAHORE: Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Pakistan later this month to lay foundation stone of some mega projects, said a senior official of the Foreign Office on Saturday. Date for the visit is being decided by the two sides.

An invitation to the Chinese president was extended by President Mamnoon Hussain during his visit to China in February.

The FO official said that the Chinese leader would lay the foundation stone of the Lahore-Karachi motorway section and a couple of power generation projects.

During Mr Xi’s visit officials of the two countries would also give final touches to the proposed Pakistan-China railway link.

China has announced $32 billion to be invested in next seven years in various Pakistani projects of infrastructure building and power sector.

Published in Dawn, August 3rd, 2014