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March 23, 2025

The Pakistan Daily

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Hilal-e-Imtiaz for Umar Farooq Zahoor for bringing over $700m in investment to Pakistan

LONDON: President Asif Ali Zardari has conferred Pakistan’s highest civilian award – the Hilal-e-Imtiaz – upon Dubai-based Pakistani origin businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor in recognition of his services for the state of Pakistan, mainly for bringing foreign direct investment worth hundreds of millions of US Dollars. President Asif Ali Zardari had approved the Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) for Umar Farooq Zahoor in August last year. Farooq was among over 100 individuals, both Pakistani and foreign, who received the civil awards on Sunday at the special presidential investiture ceremony held at the President House in connection with the Pakistan Day. Umar

February 19, 2025

The Pakistan Daily

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Pakistan, China vow to continue working on shared objectives

Pakistan and China have expressed commitment to continue working closely on shared objectives and strengthening people-to-people ties. The resolve to this effect was made in a meeting between Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and Ambassador of China to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong in Islamabad. On this occasion, the Minister reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to advancing key initiatives under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and emphasized the importance of aligning developmental priorities for mutual benefit. The two sides discussed ongoing and future areas of collaboration, with a particular focus on economic and infrastructure development. Ahsan Iqbal extended warm greetings to the Chinese Ambassador on the