China hands over security scanners to Pakistan
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China handed over the first gadget of security scanners to the Pakistani government on Saturday in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan.
Addressing the handover ceremony of the two scanning systems to Pakistani authorities, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Lou Zhaohui said that he is happy to give security scanners to enhance capacity building of Pakistani security forces as Pakistan and China have long history of friendly relations.
Luo said the Chinese government is willing to provide the scanners with the state-of-the-art technology to Pakistan. He appreciated the efforts the Pakistani government made in providing security protection to over 10,000 Chinese engineers working in Pakistan on 122 different projects.
The ambassador told Xinhua that the new system will enhance the capacity of Pakistani law enforcers in order to ensure the protection of civilians including foreigners, and it will also help in maintaining a peaceful and favorable environment for trade.
Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik on the occasion said that Pakistani government is highly thankful to the Chinese government for providing security scanners as it will help in thwarting terror attempts, adding that the security situation across the country is getting better as the international community including China and America helped Pakistan in security sector.
He maintained that in the first phase the two scanners will be installed in Islamabad and Rawalpindi as a part of the joint Safe City program and in the second phase the four provincial capital cities of Pakistan will also get such scanners.
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