Cash-Strapped Pakistan To Lease Part Of Karachi Port To UAE For $220 Million
June 25th, 2023
Via NDTV, a report on Pakistan’s decision to lease part of Karachi port to UAE: AD Ports Group of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed an agreement Thursday to take over the running of part of Pakistan’s main Karachi docking facility in a deal worth an immediate $220 million, the company said. The deal will […]
Read more »Russian Oil Shipment Arrives in Pakistan
June 19th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how a recent oil shipment from Russia to Pakistan shows how the global south is balancing relations with Moscow and the West: A Russian cargo ship delivered barrels of crude oil to Karachi, Pakistan, last Sunday. It was the first shipment in a deal struck in April to send […]
Read more »China, Pakistan, and the Taliban: CPEC in Afghanistan
June 12th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, commentary on China, Pakistan, and the Taliban from the lens of CPEC in Afghanistan: The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Claudia Chia – an independent researcher and former research analyst […]
Read more »Pakistan, Iran Seal Energy Deal to Power Gwadar
June 9th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on joint Pakistani and Iranian efforts to provide electricity to Gwadar: In May, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated a border marketplace and a power transmission line at the Mand-Pishin border crossing. The new transmission line is expected to provide an additional 100 MW of […]
Read more »Revival of TAPI Pipeline Project Brings Serious Geopolitical Implications for Russia
June 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Jamestown Foundation, an article on how the revival of the TAPI project has serious geopolitical implications for Russia: Turkmenistan and Pakistan continue their talks on the revival of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) pipeline, and a bilateral meeting on the issue in Islamabad will be announced soon—possibly in late June 2023. For its part, […]
Read more »No, China Is Not Planning to Spend $58 Billion on a Railway Connection to Pakistan
May 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on the proposed railway at the China-Pakistan border at the Khunjerab Pass: An article published by the South China Morning Post on April 27 reported that a feasibility study had deemed the China-Pakistan railway, costing $58 billion, as “worth it.” This news was picked up by various media platforms […]
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