Karachi: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Omar has said that the relationship with China is not new, whenever a friend was needed, he looked at it.

Addressing a function on the occasion of the arrival of the first consignment for the Chinese company Century Steel, the Federal Minister said that the government is working day and night for the success of C-Pack, just as it is trying to control Corona.

Moving towards rapid completion, the projects are not limited to infrastructure only, work is in full swing at Rashakai SEZ to provide basic necessities including electricity and others. Chinese company Century Steel will set up a 240 billion steel mill to produce 1.5 million tonnes of steel. It will provide jobs to 600 Pakistanis in the first phase and more than 1,000 in the second phase.