Pakistani PM urges students to adopt modern Chinese agricultural practices


ISLAMABAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday encouraged the country's young agricultural graduates leaving for China to learn modern Chinese practices to help transform Pakistan's farming sector.

Addressing a ceremony for the second batch of 300 students under the Prime Minister's Initiative for Capacity Building of 1,000 Agricultural Graduates in China -- a government-to-government program launched last year, Sharif said Pakistan's progress was directly linked with the growth of its agriculture sector.

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