Pakistani Minister of Finance and Revenue Mohammad Ishaq Dar lauded a China-led funding initiative as “historic”, as Beijing gathered together 20 regional members to build a bank to fund infrastructure projects in Asia. The minster is on a two-day visit to Beijing for the Friday signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding leading to the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. In an interview with China Daily, Dar said China’s leadership “has shown great vision and farsightedness” in leading this initiative of enhancing regional connectivity, and Beijing looks set to “get smaller and medium-sized nations in Asia to sign on to a bank where these nations would get equal…