Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on how Pakistan’s armed forces are seen by some as crucial to attracting foreign investment into a key portion of a beleaguered economy: Pakistan sees farming potential amid the rolling sand dunes of Punjab’s Cholistan desert. Here, in the South Asian nation’s vast central plains, the government plans to lease […]
Read more »Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on the impact that a recent attack on Pakistan highway to China has had upon a key Belt and Road link: A militant attack in the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, near the Chinese border, has rekindled concerns over security on a highway considered crucial for developing the […]
Read more »Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at how commodity traders switched off Pakistan’s electricity: Toward the end of 2021, in an office block above the luxury boutiques of Geneva’s Rue du Rhône, Ksenia Alleyne called her team into a meeting. Alleyne is the co-head of liquefied natural gas trading at Gunvor Group Ltd.—a Swiss-based commodities firm with customers around […]
Read more »Via PT Profit, a report on Pakistan’s KSE-100 Index which surged more than 60% in 2023, making it the best performer among the Asian frontier markets, which include Bangladesh, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam: Pakistan’s stock market has emerged as one of the best performers in Asia this year, as improving macroeconomic conditions and a […]
Read more »Via Eurasia Review, commentary on why the BRICS matter for Pakistan: “BRICS can act as a catalyst for the operationalization of the Pakistan foreign policy objective aimed at prioritizing economic security over the strategic security”. In the chaotic multipolar world order, the emerging economies are paving their way towards prosperity and development, trying to bypass great power […]
Read more »Via Nikkei Asia, an article on an interesting motorcycle training institute in Pakistan, fostering a group number of women riding motorcycles in the South Asian nation: Madiha Khan’s life was upended three years ago when an illness left her husband partially paralyzed. The 33-year-old from a middle-class Karachi neighborhood suddenly found herself struggling to look […]
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