Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has extended warm congratulations to President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang and the Chinese people on a successful convening of the two sessions in Beijing, saying that China is making remarkable progress in achieving its national development goals.

"We are particularly impressed by China's modernization under President Xi's visionary leadership," Sharif wrote on his X account.

"As 'iron brothers' and all weather strategic cooperative partners, Pakistan and China will continue to work together closely to further strengthen our cooperation to realize the shared objectives of peace and development."