Pakistan and China are good friends and they called to be brothers. Chinese called Pakistani "Batie" which means iron brother, the most strong friendship. While Pakistani call to Chinese "Bhai" which has the same meaning.
Pakistan and China's friendship started on the independence day of China. Pakistan achieved independence as a dominion within the Commonwealth in August 1947, while China achieved it on 1st October 1949.
China has led the World as Pakistan's major weapons supplier and third-largest commercial partner. Both countries have recently agreed to work together to improve Pakistan's civil nuclear power sector. Pakistan's foreign strategy revolves around maintaining close ties with China.
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- Helped in the Indo-Pak war which is not confirmed by both countries' governments.
- CPEC project; this project can help Pakistan's development and can help China to make it globally powerful.
- China has been a consistent supplier of military hardware to the Pakistani Army since 1962, establishing munitions factories, offering technical support, and upgrading existing facilities.
- Pakistan inked a loan arrangement worth 15 billion yuan (USD 2.3 billion) on Wednesday with a group of Chinese banks to support the country's cash-strapped economy after its foreign exchange reserves were depleted and its native currency lost value.
- In November 2016, China announced a further $8.5 billion investment in Pakistan, of which $4.5 billion will be used to upgrade the tracks, speed, and signaling on the country's main railway line connecting Karachi and Peshawar, and $4 billion will go toward an LNG terminal and transmission lines to help Pakistan's energy shortages.
- Prime Minister Imran Khan and the leaders of the armed forces of Pakistan attended a special event when the first batch of six Chinese J-10C fighter aircraft were formally commissioned into Pakistan's air force.
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