nister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan has re-iterated Pakistan's commitment to ensure security of all Chinese nationals working at different projects in the country.

He said this at the signing ceremony of a Handing over Certificate for 'Third Batch of COVID-19 Vaccine Aid' along with Chinese ambassador Nong Rong in Islamabad today (Monday).

He lauded the government of China for supporting infrastructure and energy projects in Pakistan.

The Minister emphasized that after development of necessary infrastructure the focus should be towards industrialization and poverty alleviation.

On the occasion, Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong reaffirmed his country's support to Pakistan on issues of mutual interest. He reiterated that China will continue supporting the Government of Pakistan to tackle the COVID-19.

Under this batch, government of China provided 500,000 vials of COVID-19 vaccine under grant assistance.

Under the first and second batch of COVID-19 vaccine donation, one Million doses of Sinopharm vaccine were donated by the Chinese government. This will help to vaccinate the priority population and control the spread of the disease.