ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on establishing a platform for collaboration around poverty eradication.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong discussed the draft of the MoU at a meeting in Islamabad.
Talking to newsmen after the meeting, Sania Nishtar said they are working on the final details of the MoU. She said the framework will provide both countries an opportunity to capitalize on sharing of experiences in poverty eradication.
“We congratulate Chinese government and leadership for momentous achievement of eradicating extreme poverty China. It is unprecedented in human history that 770 million people have been taken out of extreme poverty in a span of over 40 years,” she said.
Dr Sania Nishtar said they are working on the final details of the MOU and framework will provide both countries an opportunity to capitalize on sharing of experiences in poverty eradication.
She said the collaboration will enable Pakistan to benefit from evidence and lessons in poverty eradication from the China’s experience on the one hand. “On the other hand, it will enable Pakistan to disseminate lessons from Ehsaas, which is a unique multisectoral approach to tackling poverty,” she said.
Dr Sania also congratulated Mr Nong Rong on his appointment as China’s Ambassador to Pakistan. She reiterated the importance of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for poverty eradication.
“Not only is CPEC a remarkable demonstration of our time-tested friendship, it is also an ideal milieu for socio-economic development which will contribute to uplifting people and graduating them out of poverty” she said.
She congratulated and reiterated the close ties between China and Pakistan. She termed the upcoming collaboration as a welcome initiative. While commenting on the importance of CPEC, she said that CPEC is a paradigm of development and that socio-economic development under CPEC will contribute to poverty alleviation in Pakistan.
