First CPEC Hydropower Project Starts Operations
July 6th, 2022
Via Pakistan’s Technology Times, an article on how – on June 29 – the Karot hydropower project (HPP) was put into full commercial operation, a major milestone in the progress of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): While Pakistani authorities expressed jubilation and gratitude to the Chinese government for its cooperation in the completion of the […]
Read more »Pakistan-Afghanistan Trade Ties
June 15th, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, an article on Pakistan-Afghanistan trade ties: Afghanistan and Pakistan has bilateral trade agreement known as Afghanistan – Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APPTA). The bilateral agreement was signed in 2010 aimed at to facilitate the movement of goods between two countries. Pakistan has given the second extension till the signing of revised APTTA […]
Read more »Who Will Be Pakistan’s First Unicorn?
May 17th, 2022
Via Rest of World, a look at how Pakistani startups are having a dazzling run, and the country might get its first billion-dollar venture soon: The Pakistani tech startup industry witnessed many highs in the last couple of years — record-breaking funding rounds, debuts by marquee global investors, and the emergence of founder “mafias,” among others. If all goes […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Economy Is On The Brink
May 4th, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Pakistan’s increasingly fragile economy: Pakistan is in political and economic chaos. Its most populous province, Punjab, was without a government for almost a month because the governor, who was appointed by former prime minister Imran Khan, had refused to administer an oath to the newly elected chief […]
Read more »Inside Pakistan’s Tech Investment Boom
April 19th, 2022
Via Rest of World, an article on Pakistan’s tech investment boom: In 2019, when Kalsoom Lakhani and Misbah Naqvi founded i2i Ventures, a $15 million Pakistan-focused venture capital (VC) fund, they hoped to sign about three deals a year. Now, they’re signing that many deals every quarter. “I can barely keep up with the deal flow,” Lakhani […]
Read more »TAPI’ng Out?
April 14th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, commentary that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project seems to have far more going against it than pushing in its favor: India has restarted efforts to revive the much-delayed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project. The pipeline was discussed during a recent three-day state visit to Turkmenistan by Indian President Shri Ram Nath Kovind. TAPI remains […]
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