ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada will attend an anti-doping conference to be held in China on May 23. You Yi, the cultural counselor of Embassy of China, called on Pirzada at his office here Monday. During the meeting, the counselor said China was organising the anti-doping conference in May and had extended invitation to Pirzada to attend the conference which he accepted. On the occasion, Pirzada said both Pakistan and China were enjoying long-term brotherly relations. The Youth Exchange Programme was also discussed during the meeting. The minister apprised the counselor that 100 Pakistan’s youth visited China last year under the Youth Exchange Programme. He said now it was China’s turn to send its youth to visit Pakistan. The minister said China can also send its young players to Pakistan to hold competitions with Pakistan players especially in badminton and table tennis. “Both China and Pakistan can jointly hold cultural programmes here at Pak-China Centre in Islamabad and National Academy of Performing Arts in Karachi to further boost cultural relations between the two countries,” he said. Yi termed it a positive step to hold cultural programmes. The meeting was also attended by additional secretary of IPC Ministry Tipu Mahabat Khan, Pakistan Sports Board director general Dr Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera and other officials of the ministry.