ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday that multi-billion dollars China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project would prove to be a historical milestone in the Pak-China bilateral relations.
“China and Pakistan are now bonded through ever strong friendship and the partnership in the form of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will prove to be a historical milestone in the Pak-China bilateral relations,” the prime minister said while expressing his good wishes to the people, leadership and the government of China on the advent of new Lunar year being celebrated in China.
The prime minister also conveyed good wishes on behalf of the people and government of Pakistan.
Chinese New Year is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.
The first day of the New Year falls on the new moon between January 21 and February 20. In 2017, the first day of the Chinese New Year is on Saturday, January 28, initiating the year of the Rooster.
