Silk road News

The actor has earned a name for himself for his comic-timings.

Pakistan has deepened ties with China in recent years as relations with the United States have frayed.

Bajwa is the most senior Pakistani figure to visit staunch ally China since the new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan took office in August.

India boycotted the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) held from May 14-15. 

India skipped the Belt and Road Forum due to its sovereignty concerns over the USD 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which passes through PoK.

One of the key Belt and Road projects - China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) - passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has demonstrated his skills on the piano in the past although he has mostly cultivated a macho image.

World Baloch Women`s Forum president Naela Quadri Baloch accused the Pakistani Army of carrying out brutal activities in Balochistan.

The two-day Belt and Road Forum, which is being attended by leaders from 29 countries including Pakistan, has been boycotted by India due to sovereignty concerns.

North Korea's attendance at China`s biggest diplomatic event this year raised further eyebrows after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile early on Sunday, in defiance of calls to rein in its weapons programme.

"We should build an open platform of cooperation and uphold and grow an open world economy," Xi said in his opening address outlining China's vision.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Friday to attend the high-profile Silk Road forum during which Pakistan was expected to sign pacts with China for the construction of an airport and expressway in the strategic Gwadar port.

The first freight train to link China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after covering over 12,000-kilometres.

It had disappeared completely by the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

Bangladesh wants to use the low-interest loans to build at least six rail projects connecting its capital Dhaka with key domestic industrial areas and the Indian border.

Refuting criticism that the mega Silk Road initiative is aimed at expanding China's interests abroad, Beijing today said its multi-billion dollar project is an "open initiative" and not a form of "Monroe Doctrine" to expand its dominance.

First cargo train from China to Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday, indicating a milestone in reviving the "Silk Road", which has opened a new chapter of win-win cooperation between China and Iran.

China on Tuesday dismissed any apprehensions in India on its ambitious multi-billion dollar Silk Road projects stretching across continents to build infrastructure and improve connectivity with the avowed aim of expansion of trade and development.

China, the world's biggest gold producer, has set up a gold sector fund involving countries along the ancient Silk Road which is expected to raise USD 16.1 billion.

Two undercover federal agents in the investigation of Bitcoin market Silk Road extorted and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of the virtual currency for themselves, the US said Monday.