Pakistan, June 20 -- ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and China reaffirmed their enduring partnership at a high-level dialogue focused on regional peace, mutual trust, and soft power. The event, hosted by the Pakistan-China Institute in collaboration with a Chinese delegation, emphasized cooperation over confrontation. Speakers highlighted the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a force for prosperity and dismissed rising Cold War-style narratives targeting China. The dialogue stressed that soft power-especially youth engagement and cultural connectivity-can help build long-term peace.

Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chair of the Pakistan-China Institute, said the shift of global power from West to East signals an 'Asian Century'. He noted that Pakist...