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 »Afghanistan Hopes To Join CPEC
September 5th, 2022
Via Ariana News, a report that Afghanistan hopes to join the CPEC: Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industry has said that Afghanistan should be included in the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project. “In talks we had with China, it was mentioned that we should partner with China in the Belt and Road Initiative and […]
Read more »Oman Offer To Build Gwadar Railway Conjures Pakistan Port’s Past
September 4th, 2022
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on an Omani offer to build Gwadar’s railway which conjures up memories of Pakistan port’s past: A company from Oman is looking to invest in a train line that would link the Pakistani port town of Gwadar — envisioned as a key stop on China’s Belt and Road infrastructure network […]
Read more »Qatar Wealth Fund Considers $3B Pakistan Investment
August 24th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report that the Qatar Wealth Fund is considering $3B Pakistan investment, mostly in airports and hospitality: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund plans to invest $3 billion in key sectors of Pakistan’s economy as the gas-rich Gulf state extends its support to the cash-strapped South Asian nation. The $445 billion Qatar Investment Authority is evaluating strategic investments in […]
Read more »Road To Nowhere? China’s Belt and Road Initiative At Tipping Point
August 16th, 2022
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on China BRI, and whether the Pakistan, Sri Lanka debt crises threaten Beijing’s regional influence: The drive to Pakistan’s port of Gwadar takes seven and a half hours from Karachi via the Makran coastal highway. Much of the 600-km route is deserted, with no restaurants, restrooms or even fuel stations. […]
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