No party excluded from election contest: PM.

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar- ul-Haq Kakar has said the date for general elections would be announced soon and that the caretaker government was trying its utmost to facilitate the electoral process.

He said no major political party was out of the political process unless anyone was legally barred. Addressing a crowded news conference at the PM House on Monday, the prime minister said return of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz Quaid Nawaz Sharif was a political reality and his adversaries should face him in politics. The PM spoke mainly about his recent China visit and termed it successful saying that the Chinese investments expected under the newly signed 20 MoUs would prove to be a stimulant for Pakistan's economic growth. He said 20 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed and it is hoped that the upcoming government would ensure consistency of the policy. The prime minister, along with a high-level delegation visited China from October 16-20, mainly to attend the Belt and Road Forum where he also held bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang, and the leadership of the Communist Party of China. During the visit, the two sides signed 20 agreements and MoUs, covering cooperation on the BRI, infrastructure, mining, industry, green and low-carbon development, health, space cooperation, digital economy, development cooperation and export of agricultural products to China. 'The signing of 20 MoUs was very encouraging. This is after a long time that the MoUs in such a huge number were signed with China... We have brought along three guiding principles of coordination, cooperation and consultation with us,' he remarked.

He said the MoUs were yet in the planning stage and the assessment of the potential, market needs and impact on exports would precede their execution. He said a designated cell at the Prime Minister's Office would carry out the follow-up of the bilateral and other engagements with China to pave the way for their implementation. Mentioning his interaction with the Chinese business leaders, he said under the second phase of CPEC (China- Pakistan Economic Corridor), the Chinese private business entities would invest in Pakistan's agriculture, mining and other...