China gifts Islamabad 21 fire, rescue vehicles worth Rs3 billion

Arriving this September, the fleet features an advanced 88m…— Chinese Emb Pakistan (@Cathay. Pak)September 1, 2026The fleet is another development in the All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership, with Beijing and Islamabad earlier this year agreeing to deepen mutual trust, practical cooperation, and defence and security cooperation.

The commitment came during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’svisit to China in Maythis year, when the two countries also released a joint communique noting that Islamabad had committed to taking steps to strengthen security measures, while Beijing reaffirmed its support for Pakistan in its fight against terrorism.

On the occasion, China affirmed its position to work with Pakistan to establish the China-Pakistan Security Partnership, continue bilateral and multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation, and strengthen military-to-military cooperation. Later, in July, the two countriesreaffirmed commitmentto strengthening their strategic security partnership and expanding counterterrorism cooperation.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, during a meeting with a high-level Chinese delegation including Beijing's vice minister of public security, pledged to deeped bilateral cooperation in internal security. Read:Pakistan, China deepen IT, agriculture ties. China and Pakistan have also sought to deepen cooperation across other fields as well.

At the beginning of this year, in January, the two countries held the seventh round of their Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue in Beijing, reiterating zero tolerance for terrorism, agreeing to strengthen security cooperation and align development plans under CPEC 2.0, while stressing closer coordination on regional stability, particularly Afghanistan. Economic cooperation has also broadened beyond infrastructure.

Since January, the two countries have announced agreements onagricultural investment, livestock development, mineral cooperation and technology transfer under the next phase of CPEC. Chinese firms have also signed multiple Memorandums of Understanding with Pakistani partners in agriculture and livestock, while both sides have promoted cooperation in research, industrial development and talent training.