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 […]
Read more »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 […]
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