ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad administration has announced that schools, colleges, and offices will remain closed for two days – on July 31 and August 1 (Monday and Tuesday). “All public and private schools, colleges, and universities will remain shut on Monday and Tuesday,” District Magistrate Irfan Nawaz Memon said in a notification issued here.

Moreover, all private entities, companies; all markets/shops; all commercial banks will remain closed, the notification stated. The development comes as He Lifeng, Vice Premier of China and Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, will visit Pakistan from July 30 July to August 1, 2023.

During the visit, Vice Premier He – who is also a Special Envoy of President Xi Jinping – will attend the 10th-anniversary celebrations of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) The Chinese vice premier will also meet with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Arif Alvi during the visit, according to the FO.

The Chinese official will also be the chief guest at an event celebrating a decade of CPEC. Lifeng has played a prominent role in China’s international economic relations and implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, of which CPEC is a flagship project, the FO said.

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