Library Thrives In Pakistan’s ‘Wild West’ Gun Market Town
January 16th, 2023
Via Frontier Post, an interesting report on a thriving library in the midst of Pakistan’s ‘wild west’: When the din of Pakistan’s most notorious weapons market becomes overwhelming, arms dealer Muhammad Jahanzeb slinks away from his stall, past colleagues test-firing machine guns, to read in the hush of the local library. “It’s my hobby, my […]
Read more »CPEC, Regional Connectivity And Afghan Stability
January 16th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on CPEC, regional connectivity in Central Asia, And Afghan stability: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a centrepiece initiative of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). CPEC has evolved into an essential component of the BRI, connecting China’s western region to the rest of the world, including Central Asia. The BRI aspires […]
Read more »Pakistan Orders Shops and Hotels to Close Early Amid Economic Crisis
January 6th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, an article on Pakistan’s recent efforts to reduce energy consumption to cut imports of oil, the measure could adversely affect businesses that are yet to recover from the pandemic: Pakistani authorities on Wednesday ordered shopping malls and markets to close by 8:30 p.m. as part of a new energy conservation plan aimed at […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Nickel Potential
January 5th, 2023
Via Technology Times, a report on Pakistan’s nascent nickel industry: Pakistan has sizeable deposits of nickel. Nickel is a transitional metal that is silvery white, hard, and ductile with a faint golden tinge. It is impossible to undervalue the significance of nickel, which has a wide range of physical and chemical properties. According to reports, […]
Read more »Gwadar Protest Leader Warns Chinese To Leave Key Belt and Road Port
December 24th, 2022
Via NikkeiAsia, a report on how the Pakistani government faces increasingly confrontational local rights movement to China’s BRI investment: A protest leader in the Pakistani port town of Gwadar, a key hub for China’s Belt and Road Initiative, has warned Chinese citizens to leave by Thursday — turning up the heat on a federal government already […]
Read more »Pakistan Closer To Letting Barrick Gold Proceed With $7B Project
December 11th, 2022
Via Mining.com, an article on a proposed large Pakistani mining project: Pakistan’s Supreme Court endorsed on Friday a settlement between the country’s government and Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD) (TSX: ABX), which allows the Canadian miner to resume work at its Reko Diq copper and gold project. The favourable court decision is vital to securing parliamentary support […]
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