Pakistani PM urges students to adopt modern Chinese agricultural practices
Pakistan's future prosperity was closely tied to strengthening its agrarian economy, which remains the backbone of the country, said the country's prime minister.
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday encouraged the country's young agricultural graduates leaving for China to learn modern Chinese practices to help transform Pakistan's farming sector.
Addressing a ceremony for the second batch of 300 students under the Prime Minister's Initiative for Capacity Building of 1,000 Agricultural Graduates in China -- a government-to-government program launched last year, Sharif said Pakistan's progress was directly linked with the growth of its agriculture sector.
He said Pakistan's future prosperity was closely tied to strengthening its agrarian economy, which remains the backbone of the country.