Tete-a-tete with Yao Jing, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan
By Zaki Aijaz Qureshi, Ayoub Khawar, Rabia Zaki
Question:Â Could you throw some light over your journey through life?
Ambassador:Â I was born in the Eastern...
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