ISLAMABAD:
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Islamabad on Monday, the much anticipated visit is the first by a Chinese President in a period of over nine years.
Jinping was received at the Noor Khan airbase by President Mamnoon Hussain, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, Defence Minister Khwaja Asif and members of the prime inister’s cabinet.
Xi was also received by well-wishers and little kids with Pakistani flags and Chinese flags in their hands, waving them at the president.
Mr Jinping’s visit is being dubbed as ‘fate changing’ as he has invested nearly $28 billion for the first phase of the $45 billion flagship Pak-China Economic Corridor (PCEC) Project.
Banners reading “Pakistan-China Friendship Zindabad”, portraits of the Chinese and Pakistani presidents and flags of the two countries waving across Constitution Avenue welcomed Mr Jinping to the capital, according to sources.