Sindh CM, Chinese CG discuss finalising G2G agreements

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Chinese Acting Consul General Feng Deheng discussed moving forward on government-to-government agreements signed with Chinese firms during Shah’s recent China visit, Business Recorder reported. Their meeting in Karachi covered investment, technology, agriculture, urban security and infrastructure, with working groups proposed to coordinate implementation.

Negotiations with Huawei are nearing completion for the second phase of Karachi’s Safe City Project, which is intended to include a command and control centre. The provincial government also discussed using Chinese technology to raise wheat and sunflower output, installing 100 gates at Sukkur Barrage and its canals, and creating a sister-city arrangement between Sukkur and Yichang. The discussions set out several areas of planned cooperation, but the report did not specify project costs or timelines.