{"id":49109,"date":"2026-04-25T12:04:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49109"},"modified":"2026-04-25T12:04:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:04:39","slug":"olympians-hail-everlasting-friendship-on-visit-to-china-window-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49109","title":{"rendered":"Olympians hail \u2018everlasting\u2019 friendship on visit to China Window Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan\u2019s renowned former hockey Olympian Samiullah Khan, famously known as the \u2018Flying Horse\u2019, declared on Saturday that the Pakistan-China friendship is \u201ceverlasting\u201d and admired worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>He made these remarks during a visit to the China Window, a Chinese cultural centre established in Peshawar. Khan was accompanied by seven other Pakistani Olympians: Naeem Akhtar, Nasser Ali, Ayaz Mahmood, Dr Aatif Bashir, Shakeel Abbasi, Rahim Khan, and Kashif Jawad. Former<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani squash champion Qamar Zaman was also present on the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to media, Samiullah expressed his delight at visiting the centre and said he was heartened to learn that the cultural hub is playing a vital role in strengthening Pakistan-China ties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have participated in several tournaments in China, where I received immense warmth and hospitality. That is why the people of our two countries share such a deep bond of love,\u201d said Samiullah, who also serves as the chief selector of the Pakistan Hockey Federation.<br \/>\nHe noted that China takes a keen interest in Pakistan\u2019s economic development, citing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as the country\u2019s economic lifeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the sports field as well, both nations are very close. I wish to see a friendly hockey series between Pakistan and China so that regular matches can be arranged between the two countries,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nOther Olympians present also extended their congratulations to the Chinese people, especially athletes, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations. They expressed confidence that the bilateral friendship will grow even stronger in the years to come.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s renowned former hockey Olympian Samiullah Khan, famously known as the \u2018Flying Horse\u2019, declared on Saturday that the Pakistan-China friendship is \u201ceverlasting\u201d and admired worldwide. He made these remarks during a visit to the China Window, a Chinese cultural centre established in Peshawar. Khan was accompanied by seven other Pakistani Olympians: Naeem Akhtar, Nasser Ali, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}