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Pakistan has announced the issuance of a peculiar PKR 75 commemorative coin to people the 75th day of diplomatic relations with China, arsenic the 2 countries proceed celebrations of their longstanding strategical partnership.
Pakistan and China established ceremonial diplomatic relations successful 1951, little than 2 years aft the founding of the People's Republic of China. Pakistan was the archetypal Muslim federation to found diplomatic ties with Beijing.
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced connected Thursday (May 21, 2026) that the commemorative coin would beryllium disposable to the nationalist from May 25 done its banking counters crossed the country.
"To people the 75th day of diplomatic relations betwixt Pakistan and China, the Government of Pakistan has decided to contented a commemorative coin of Rs.75 (PKR) denomination. This coin volition beryllium disposable to the wide nationalist from May 25, 2026, done counters of SBP Banking," it said successful a societal media post.
Pakistan and China are wide described arsenic "all-weather allies", with the 2 countries maintaining adjacent practice successful defence, economy, infrastructure and diplomatic affairs implicit the decades.
China is Pakistan's largest trading spouse and a large investor, peculiarly done the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship task of Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. The 2 sides are already holding events and ceremonies to commemorate the day year.
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On Thursday (May 21, 2026), Pakistan’s apical governmental enactment attended an lawsuit successful Islamabad marking the occasion, wherever Cai Dafeng, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress of China, represented the Chinese leadership.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is besides scheduled to sojourn China from May 23 to 26 to deepen bilateral ties further and be events related to the day celebrations.
