Overview

• At a Mid-Autumn Festival event at the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad, First Lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari unveiled a multi-pronged plan for Pakistan–China cooperation on congenital heart disease.
• Her package calls for joint surgical missions, a telemedicine network linking NICVD and AFIC with China’s Fuwai Hospital, annual fellowships for Pakistani specialists, and a joint centre of excellence in pediatric cardiac care.
• She praised the compassion of Chinese doctors, thanking Prof. Pan Xiangbin and the Fuwai team for treating Pakistani children.
• Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong highlighted close ties and said more than 70,000 health packages were distributed to women in Balochistan under joint initiatives.
• Speakers included families of children treated in China, while officials noted the proposals have not been formalized into agreements.