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Pakistan sending 300 students to China for specialised agricultural training

Pakistan sending 300 students to China for specialised agricultural training

Islamabad/Beijing, Apr 16 (UNI) Pakistan is sending 300 agricultural graduates to China for specialised training in modern farming techniques, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said.
Reaffirming his administration’s commitment to reviving and modernising the country’s agricultural sector, Sharif termed China as the country’s most “sincere friend”, at a ceremony in Islamabad, and emphasised his government’s focus on capacity building.
The 300 students are part of over 1,000 graduates who would be sent to China to study farming, and modernise the country’s failing agriculture sector.

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