Sialkot: The Pakistani City At The Heart of Alibaba’s Global Expansion Strategy
December 4th, 2022
Courtesy of Rest of World, an article on Sialkot, which has become Pakistan’s export hub in recent years, and is home to one of the largest concentrations of sellers on the Chinese e-commerce site: Just 15 kilometers from Pakistan’s border with India, Sialkot is a city of military outposts, cantonments, and factories. Local lore has it […]
Read more »Most of the World’s Soccer Balls Come From Pakistan
November 29th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on how Sialkot, a city in northeast Pakistan, produces about 70% of the world’s supply—including Adidas’s Al Rihla, the official ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar: If you have a soccer ball in your house, there’s a pretty good chance it came from Sialkot, a city in northeast Pakistan […]
Read more »World at 8 Billion: Pakistan is Third Largest Contributor to Last Billion
November 17th, 2022
Courtesy of South Asia Investor Review, a look at Pakistan in the overall context of the world’s population reaching 8 billion: The global population increased by one billion over the last 12 years to reach 8 billion this year, according to the United Nations. Pakistan contributed 49 million people to the last billion, making it […]
Read more »Pakistan, China Aim To Jump-Start Belt and Road Plans in Key Talks
October 31st, 2022
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a look at Pakistan and China’s efforts aim to jump-start Belt and Road plans in key talks: Pakistan and China sought to revive Belt and Road projects in the South Asian country at an annual huddle, held virtually on Thursday. In the run-up to the talks, cash-strapped Islamabad appeared to have accepted […]
Read more »PIA May Become Part of Qatar Airways in Investment Package Worth $5 Billion
October 1st, 2022
Via Pro Pakistani, an article on Qatar’s package of support for Pakistan, which may include PIA: Pakistan is likely to receive an unusual package from Qatar, under which Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) could become a part of Qatar Airways in an overall investment package that could reach $5 billion. Well-informed sources in the Ministry of […]
Read more »Extension Of CPEC To Afghanistan Could Link Infrastructure Across Continent
September 14th, 2022
Via The Third Pole, a report on the likelihood that road and rail projects will be extended to Afghanistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Once the highway becomes a motorway, trucking supplies to Afghanistan will become much faster,” said Shakir Afridi, president of the transport union for Khyber district, in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Afridi […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.