ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A group of 40 Pakistani teachers left for language training in Beijing on Sunday under the 2017 International Chinese Language Teacher Training Program sponsored by the Chinese government.

A send-off for the teachers was held at the Chinese embassy in Islamabad and was attended by Zhao Lijian, charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy, Arshad Ali, executive director of Pakistan's Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and teachers.

The group will be the third batch of Pakistani teachers to visi China for language training since 2015. So far, at least 120 Pakistani teachers have been given training under the program.